Now is time for preparing soil in home orchard
The Charlotte Observer Wed, 19 Jan 2005 0:17 AM PST
Home orchard management should be high on your agenda in winter. Fertility, soil preparation, dormant spraying and pruning are all part of good care and sound planning. |
Mercury in Willamette from soil erosion, air
Corvallis Gazette Times Tue, 18 Jan 2005 5:15 PM PST
State environmental officials say they have calculated the sources of the mercury contamination in the Willamette River. Almost all of it comes from the erosion of soil or directly from the air, they say, and only a tiny proportion comes from industry, old mines or city treatment plants. |
Agriculture seeks Tk 381cr subsidy from finance
News From Bangladesh Tue, 18 Jan 2005 9:49 PM PST
With irrigation getting costlier due to a recent diesel price hike, the agriculture ministry has submitted a Tk 381 crore subsidy proposal for finance ministry's approval. |
2005 EQIP sign-up underway for Minnesota producers
Tri-State Neighbor Wed, 19 Jan 2005 6:15 AM PST
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. It supports production agriculture and environmental quality as compatible goals. |
SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry
SeedQuest Tue, 18 Jan 2005 3:13 PM PST
Progressive leaders in no-till agriculture were honored at the National No-Tillage Conference on Jan. 14, 2005, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Ninth Annual No-Till Innovator Awards, which are sponsored by Syngenta Crop Protection and No-Till Farmer magazine, were presented in four categories: Consulting, Crop Production, Organization and Research and Education. |
FAO to focus on providing relief aid in coastal areas
The Jakarta Post Tue, 18 Jan 2005 7:12 PM PST
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Tuesday that it would focus on resuscitating the livelihoods and socioeconomic activities of fishermen affected by the recent devastating tsunami in Aceh. |
From the Fields
The Prairie Advocate Tue, 18 Jan 2005 5:18 PM PST
By now, those involved with production agriculture know that Asian soybean rust was confirmed for the first time in the continental United States in November 2004. Soybean rust is a fungal disease that infects leaves, stems, petioles, and even cotyledons of the plant and can cause defoliation and significant yield loss. |
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