Ex-agriculture teacher growing turf for Super Bowl XXXIX
Macon Telegraph Mon, 24 Jan 2005 0:13 AM PST
RIDDLEVILLE - The Super Bowl will never come to Riddleville, but the big game will be played on Riddleville turf. For the past 18 months, a four-acre patch of grass on Phillip Jennings Turf Farms has been the home of the turf on which Super Bowl XXXIX will be played. |
Tsunami seawater fatal to crops
The Philadelphia Inquirer Mon, 24 Jan 2005 0:06 AM PST
U.N. experts fear it could be five years before the worst-hit rice fields recover. LAMTUI, Indonesia - The tsunami that swept away homes and lives in South Asia also left behind a poisonous legacy for farmers: salt. Rice and many other plants won't grow in soil fouled by briny waters. |
Weather favours grain crop in Kazakhstan
AgriMarket Mon, 24 Jan 2005 6:38 AM PST
With account of favourable weather conditions, Kazakhstan estimates its grain crop prospects this year at more than 12.4 million tonnes, ITAR-TASS news agency informed with reference to Kazakhstan's agriculture ministry. |
Web Site Offers a Detailed Look at Legumes
Agricultural Research Magazine Mon, 24 Jan 2005 3:51 AM PST
Legumes--beans, peas and other edible seeds that are enclosed in pods--are celebrated worldwide for their edible oils, protein and essential amino acids, as well as for their ability to convert airborne nitrogen into useable soil nutrients for other plants. |
One Month Post-Tsunami, Farmers Face Fallow Fields
Environmental News Network Mon, 24 Jan 2005 5:05 AM PST
LADONG, Indonesia — A small, grassy field that once held 200 broad-leafed banana trees now has only a dozen, and their owner is sure they'll die soon. |
Minister aglow over new reactor
Sydney Morning Herald Mon, 24 Jan 2005 5:28 AM PST
Global role ... Dr Nelson at a the new particle accelerator at Lucas Heights. A state-of-the art particle accelerator switched on at Lucas Heights yesterday by the federal Science Minister, Brendan Nelson, will play a vital role in the worldwide detection of clandestine nuclear testing. |
Environmental connection
Prescott Daily Courier Mon, 24 Jan 2005 5:11 AM PST
PRESCOTT – High school students from Prescott, Chino Valley, Flagstaff, Tempe and Buckeye prepared Saturday for a statewide competition by attending lectures, examining water quality and soils, and measuring tree diameters. |
City, NRCS review repair to Doe River dam
Elizabethton Star Mon, 24 Jan 2005 6:44 AM PST
Biologists and engineers with a federal conservation agency visited Elizabethton Friday to review rebuilding the city's Weir Dam and rechannel a portion of the Doe River to slow erosion of a riverbank lying in close proximity to several city residences. |
Free conservation easement workshop planned
News Leader Mon, 24 Jan 2005 2:58 AM PST
MIDDLETOWN The Shenandoah Resource Conservation and Development Council, based in Verona, will present the conservation easement workshop "What's the Difference Between a Purchased and a Donated Easement?" at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Smith Conference Center at Lord Fairfax Community College. |
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