Soil News: March 2005

[soil agriculture]

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:07 AM PST

Healthy Soil for Healthy People
Newswise Tue, 29 Mar 2005 7:13 AM PST
Newswise â€” Researchers at the University of Adelaideâ€™s recently established Centre for Soil-Plant Interactions (CSPI) will be striving to capture community awareness of â€œthe importance of healthy soil for healthy peopleâ€‌.

Finding a rainbow in rain
SanLuisObispo.com Wed, 30 Mar 2005 3:17 AM PST
After traveling from Indiana to the Central Coast, Nyke Walsh and Cameron Holman weren't about to let a little rain keep them out of the water Tuesday. Beneath an overcast sky, the 17-year-old friends leashed their legs to rented surfboards and crossed Pismo Beach in search of good waves.

Grants offered for feedlot operators
Rapid City Journal Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:35 PM PST
PIERRE -- Livestock feeding operations and auction markets can apply for money available through the state to help them comply with federal Environmental Protection Agency manure management guidelines.

Recent snow helps, but it's not enough to ward off a drought
BendBulletin.com Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:49 PM PST
The recent abundance of wet weather in Central Oregon has increased snow levels in the mountains and improved conditions, but experts say it will not be enough to steer the region away from a drought.

The state of the world? It is on the brink of disaster
Belfast Telegraph Wed, 30 Mar 2005 1:26 AM PST
The state of the world? An authoritative study of the biological relationships vital to maintaining life has found disturbing evidence of man-made degradation.

Failing ecosystems endanger humans, report warns
Toronto Star Wed, 30 Mar 2005 1:55 AM PST
OTTAWAâ€”The human race is exacting such a deadly toll on the global environment that we are endangering our own future well-being, a four-year scientific study warned today.

Planting time, again
Freeport Journal Tue, 29 Mar 2005 9:46 PM PST
It's that time of year when area farmers are in the final push to get their machinery, seeds and fertilizer ready for another season of planting.

News
Arkansas News Bureau Wed, 30 Mar 2005 0:55 AM PST
LITTLE ROCK - The final and much-anticipated bill with formulas for delivering the money to make statewide school building improvements ran into criticism Tuesday from a House panel considering the plan for the first time. -

Area farmers earn honors for quality
Northwestern Wed, 30 Mar 2005 1:45 AM PST
TOWN OF CENTERVILLE -- A state-of-the-art farm runoff project going on here may tell farmers and scientists how farming impacts water quality. And that project has already garnered a statewide honor for a dairy farm s owners.

ZAMBIA: A drought-prone country turns to cassava
AlertNet Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:08 AM PST
LUSAKA, 29 March (IRIN) - Stung by the threat of a poor maize harvest, the Zambian government has urged farmers to turn to cassava production in the drought-prone southern and central regions.

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Sunday, March 27, 2005 6:07 AM PST

Farmersâ€™; weather worries: Hot, dry or wet?
The Des Moines Register Sun, 27 Mar 2005 5:53 AM PST
Farmers' weather worries: Hot, dry or wet? High levels of soil moisture, more rain may delay planting. Ames, Ia. - Plant scientists have used biotechnology to make crops repel pests and withstand application of weed killers that otherwise would be lethal to the crops.

NEWS: BUSINESS
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Sun, 27 Mar 2005 4:17 AM PST
PLAINFIELD --- Patience pays off. The U.S. Department of Agriculture makes no claims organically-grown food is safer or more nutritious than food conventionally raised, but plenty of people believe it. And, they're willing to pay a premium for it.

Good stewards rewarded
Plattsburgh Press Republican Sun, 27 Mar 2005 1:58 AM PST
PLATTSBURGH Agriculture producers living in the Ausable River watershed may be eligible for a financial reward for operating their businesses in an environmentally friendly manner.

Young artists lend talents to Ag Day poster contest
Whitehaven Appeal Sun, 27 Mar 2005 2:45 AM PST
Jackson Estes and Jayden Curry, both students at Farmington Elementary in Germantown, placed first and second, respectively, in the third- and fourth-grade division at the second annual Ag Day Poster Contest sponsored by Agricenter International.

HENRY A. WALLACE
The Des Moines Register Sun, 27 Mar 2005 2:02 AM PST
Wallace, shown in 1956, was an intellectual and farsighted man who was somewhat shy. He wore many caps: author, editor, philosopher, businessman, public servant, scientist and humanitarian. He believed in keeping fit, and walked four miles to work daily in Washington, D.C.

Elbowroom and country critters
Salt Lake Tribune Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:09 PM PST
SAN MIGUEL, Calif. - Tractors do not yet rival cruise ships as vacation icons. But they would if my 2-year-old were in charge. Thanks to the obscure video "Farm Country Ahead,'' my son, Carpenter, is obsessed with agricultural machinery, hay bales and cows.

Grants offered for feedlot operators
Rapid City Journal Sat, 26 Mar 2005 9:28 PM PST
PIERRE -- Livestock feeding operations and auction markets can apply for money available through the state to help them comply with federal Environmental Protection Agency manure management guidelines.

TheStar.com - Turning tail: Canada's immigration exodus
Toronto Star Sun, 27 Mar 2005 1:53 AM PST
They re back: Quincy Wong (right) and friends in Hong Kong. China s government has an official policy to lure back expatriates. T here's a word going around Canada's Chinese community these days: hai gui .

Urban gardeners ditch the dirt
Wisconsin State Journal Sat, 26 Mar 2005 7:43 PM PST
The flock of construction cranes on Madison's Isthmus says it all: People are moving en masse to Downtown condos and apartments.

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Monday, March 28, 2005 6:07 AM PST

Demand for Organic Grains on Rise
Environmental News Network Mon, 28 Mar 2005 3:41 AM PST
The U.S. Department of Agriculture makes no claims organically-grown food is safer or more nutritious than food conventionally raised, but plenty of people believe it. And, they're willing to pay a premium for it.

Calif. Water Districts Lock in Contracts
AP via Yahoo! News Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:54 PM PST
For 38 years, Miguel Gonzalez farmed a field near here, the labor providing him with one in a row of tidy cream-colored houses where he lives with his wife Maria alongside other families.

Florida's first commercial coffee plantation to begin production
Miami Herald Mon, 28 Mar 2005 0:02 AM PST
Florida coffee drinkers may soon wake up to a Broward-grown brew. J.C. Nadeau, as if an alchemist-turned-coffee-roaster, is betting his locally grown coffee will be tastier and more pure than pricier blends.

Farmers clamoring for maps
BizJournals Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:03 PM PST
Calls from farmers around the world are pouring into EarthMap Solutions LLC of Longmont these days.

Grants offered for feedlot operators
Rapid City Journal Sun, 27 Mar 2005 11:31 PM PST
PIERRE -- Livestock feeding operations and auction markets can apply for money available through the state to help them comply with federal Environmental Protection Agency manure management guidelines.

Ag Days give city kids a taste of farm life
The Beacon News Mon, 28 Mar 2005 0:18 AM PST
MOOSEHEART â€” Mother hens truly do lay green eggs. It came as a big surprise to many of the youngsters attending the Kane County Farm Bureau's 21st annual Ag Days Expo at Mooseheart â€” that different species of hens do produce eggs in shades of brown, blue and green.

Obituaries for 03/28/2005
New Bern Sun Journal Sun, 27 Mar 2005 9:10 PM PST
Dr. Roy L. Lovvorn, age 95, of Springmoor Retirement Community in Raleigh, died March 26. Funeral services will be held at Springmoor Retirement Community at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29. Burial will follow at Montlawn Memorial Park. Dr. Lovvorn was born...

Mobile lab helps keep track of water use, offers solutions
The News-Press Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:20 PM PST
One man's advice could have saved Lee County 426.7 million gallons of water enough to fill 14,233 pools over the last decade. Jim Nikolich heads the Mobile Irrigation Lab, a free government service that provides residents and businesses with a lawn-watering checkup.

Progress on a family farm
Ionia Sentinel-Standard Mon, 28 Mar 2005 6:00 AM PST
WESTPHALIA TOWNSHIP -- Paul and Tracie Trierweiler don't need awards to show them they're doing a good job running a 600-cow family dairy operation three miles south of Westphalia.

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Saturday, March 26, 2005 6:07 AM PST

Clean up continues at county road department
Lahontan Valley News Sat, 26 Mar 2005 0:10 AM PST
Efforts to clean up petroleum-contaminated soil continue at the Churchill County Road Department property on North Broadway Street.

KSWCD holds annual legislators luncheon
Mount Vernon News Fri, 25 Mar 2005 7:26 PM PST
MOUNT VERNON â€” The Knox Soil & Water Conservation District held its annual Legislators Pancake & Sausage Luncheon on Friday. The annual event is held to thank legislators and other officials from all levels of government for their support of the KSWCD programs.

U.S. to Start Tracking 'Greenhouse' Gases
San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 25 Mar 2005 7:00 AM PST
The government will start keeping track of all the "greenhouse" gases that farmers and foresters voluntarily reduce to help combat global warming. Officials in the Energy and Agriculture departments issued guidelines Wednesday for counting those efforts.

Divergent views on crop diversification
The Tribune Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:34 PM PST
The articles on crop diversification (Feb 18 and 25) evoked divergent views from the readers. The proponents of diversification entirely blame rice cultivation and its high irrigation needs for the decline in the groundwater table and depletion of soil fertility in Punjab.

U.S. to Start Tracking 'Greenhouse' Gases
AP via Yahoo! News Fri, 25 Mar 2005 6:48 AM PST
The government will start keeping track of all the "greenhouse" gases that farmers and foresters voluntarily reduce to help combat global warming.

U.S. to Start Tracking 'Greenhouse' Gases
ABC News Fri, 25 Mar 2005 7:14 AM PST
U.S. Agencies to Start Keeping Track of 'Greenhouse' Gases to Help Combat Global Warming

Small rural district thrives despite enrollment challenges
Kansas City Star Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:15 PM PST
BURR OAK, Kan. - Noise during the passing periods at White Rock High School hardly reaches a dull roar. The hallways aren't crowded. The lockers - each student gets two - don't have locks.

DEQ proposes $112,000 fine for power plant
Missoulian Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:36 PM PST
THOMPSON FALLS - The state Department of Environmental Quality has notified a Thompson Falls power producer of a proposed $112,000 fine for making unauthorized changes in plant design while the plant was under construction in 2003-04.

OPINION: Assessment of Earth's ecosystem a timely wake-up call
New Straits Times Fri, 25 Mar 2005 4:53 PM PST
AFTER four years of work by 1,300 scientists in 95 countries, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment will be launched on Wednesday - the most comprehensive assessment ever of the health of the world's ecosystems.

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry
SeedQuest Fri, 25 Mar 2005 7:23 AM PST
Professor John R Hillman retires on 31st March 2005 after 19 years as Director of the Scottish Crop Research Institute. The staff made a presentation to him in the staff restaurant on Tuesday 29th March.

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Friday, March 25, 2005 6:07 AM PST

Thorsgard honored as Little I Agriculturalist of the Year
Farm And Ranch Guide Thu, 24 Mar 2005 9:11 AM PST
Enoch Thorsgard, Northwood, N.D., has been selected by the North Dakota State University Saddle and Sirloin Club as the 79th Little International Agriculturist of the Year. Each year, the club honors a distinguished leader in North Dakota agriculture who possesses traits members seek to exemplify.

Ag Days give city kids a taste of farm life
The Beacon News Fri, 25 Mar 2005 2:07 AM PST
MOOSEHEART â€” Mother hens truly do lay green eggs. It came as a big surprise to many of the youngsters attending the Kane County Farm Bureau's 21st annual Ag Days Expo at Mooseheart this week that different species of hens do produce eggs in shades of brown, blue and green.

NEWS Vision Emerges for Future of State Forest
Vineyard Gazette Fri, 25 Mar 2005 4:36 AM PST
State forestry officials will meet May 24 with key scientists to try to unify the environmental vision for how to manage and restore the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, the chief forester for the commonwealth told the Gazette last week.

U.S. Farmers Like Their Cheap Food Policy
Ag Report Thu, 24 Mar 2005 2:54 PM PST
LANSING - Mar 24/05 - MFB -- Michigan farmers who recently returned from a 10-day agricultural study tour of eastern Australia say the globetrotting left them with a deeper appreciation of U.S. farm programs that keep food affordable for Americans and a keener awareness of the dangers that occur when agricultural water use is subjected to government restrictions.

Grant awarded for Ag Literacy in Lawrence County
Tri-State Media Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:53 PM PST
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. - Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana (TMMI) has awarded a $1,500 grant to the Wabash Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D) headquartered in Lawrenceville, Ill. The grant will help to fund supplies and resource materials necessary for the Lawrence County Partners for Agricultural Literacy Project.

DEQ proposes $112,000 fine for power plant
Missoulian Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:06 PM PST
THOMPSON FALLS - The state Department of Environmental Quality has notified a Thompson Falls power producer of a proposed $112,000 fine for making unauthorized changes in plant design while the plant was under construction in 2003-04.

Referendum weighs water quality, growth
Wisconsin State Journal Thu, 24 Mar 2005 9:57 PM PST
CROSS PLAINS - As spring slowly materializes and the red-wing blackbirds renew their chorus along Black Earth Creek here, a controversy almost as noisy is making for an interesting season.

HISTORY OF GIBSON COUNTY
Tri-State Media Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:50 PM PST
In this section you will find an interesting historical account of the communities that make up Gibson County. Gibson County was once a wilderness situated in the Northwest Territory which, in 1784, was ceded to the United States of America by Virginia.

Corngate seed supplier admits bungle in later GE crops
Stuff Thu, 24 Mar 2005 2:15 PM PST
One of the world's largest agricultural biotechnology companies, Syngenta, has admitted sowing 150sq km of fields in the United States with a genetically engineered corn which had not been approved.

Ontario Farmers Urged to Try "Frost Seeding" 03/24/05 08:25
Farm Page Thu, 24 Mar 2005 7:20 AM PST
OMAHA (DTN) -- Ontario farmers are being introduced to an unorthodox method of planting spring grain called frost seeding, Good Morning Ontario reported.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:07 AM PST

Conservationists turn eye toward uses for island s natural treasure
Willmington Star Tue, 22 Mar 2005 5:56 AM PST
Nearly 300 acres on Eagles Island has been acquired by the New Hanover Soil and Water Conservation District, about half of it jointly owned with the town of Leland. On Monday, about 20 people met at the headquarters of Cape Fear River Watch to discuss what to do with it.

RAP Breakfast audience hears agriculture's story
Daily Gate City Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:39 PM PST
Most of the cost of breakfast was "on the farmer" for those who attended the Keokuk Area Chamber of Commerce Recognition, Appreciation and Participation Breakfast at the Holiday Inn Express on Thursday.

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry
SeedQuest Mon, 21 Mar 2005 7:23 AM PST
Nearly 40 percent of the world's arable land is too acidic to grow wheat, mainly because of high aluminum levels in the soil. But an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist hopes to make wheat more aluminum-tolerant by using a gene from rye, a cousin of wheat.

FAO: New water usage policies needed
New Kerala Mon, 21 Mar 2005 3:43 PM PST
[World News]: ROME, March 21 : Better policies and good governance practices are needed to encourage farmers to make better use of water, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday.

Money available to farmers
The Steubenville Herald-Star Mon, 21 Mar 2005 9:19 AM PST
WINTERSVILLE - More than $100,000 in funding for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program has been allocated to Jefferson County, according to a spokesman from the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District.

UBC Team Sequence Largest Bacterial Genome to Date:
T-Net British Columbia Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:52 AM PST
Vancouver, BC, March 21, 2005--(T-Net)--An international team led by three UBC microbiologists has completed the sequencing and annotation of the genome of Rhodococcus sp. RHA1, a soil bacterium, which is the largest bacterial genome sequenced to date.

Karzai's Afghanistan, Poisoned by Heroin Habit, Seeks Investors
Bloomberg.com Mon, 21 Mar 2005 9:18 PM PST
March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Shaghasi's fields near Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad are planted with wheat this year, instead of the red, white and purple poppies he had grown since 2001.

Untimely rains dampen India's wheat crop prospects
Yahoo! India News Tue, 22 Mar 2005 2:37 AM PST
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Unseasonal rains in key wheat-growing northern Indian states this week have damaged the country's wheat crop and could hit yields, officials and traders said on Tuesday.

Study proves growing GM crops has negative impact on wildlife
Scotsman Tue, 22 Mar 2005 3:31 AM PST
A MAJOR study has confirmed growing genetically modified crops can harm wildlife.

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UK's west China strategy
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... discussing with Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology ... to build a favorable financial environment in China's ... Seminar in Chongqing, thought the soil in west ...

Bacteria -- hard working cleaner of the environment
Checkbiotech.org (press release) - Basel,Switzerland
... solvents and ammonium wastes, from contaminated soil and water ... the ability of plants to clean the environment, and that ... is a biologist and a Science Writer for ...

Plans to erect a tower crane in an ancient woodland will reveal ...
Telegraph.co.uk - UK
... in Ten Acre Copse to assess soil chemistry and ... Britain, yet Britain led canopy science," said Andrew ... Britain that monitor changes in the natural environment. ...

Science ; GM crops harm wildlife: UK Govt study:
Keralanext - Kerala,India
... Science News] What ... even though there were some grass weeds and soil insects remaining ... last of four major farm-scale trials overseen by the environment and rural ...

Experts offer advices for South-to-North water diversion project
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... studying the project's influence on the regional environment, hydrology, soil, vegetation, climate ... Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Science and a ...

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Kansas professor urges better use of technology in agriculture
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
... with three other presenters, will discuss the challenges and opportunities for agriculture to provide food and energy security while sustaining soil and water ...

County planning commission looks ahead to good and bad news
Rappahannock News - Washington,VA,USA
... the county has maintained its goals to keep the county rural and protect agriculture. ... who currently serves as a representative to the Virginia Soil and Water ...

Indiana Department of Agriculture one step closer to reality
Brownfield - Jefferson City,MO,USA
... administration has added an amendment that moves all soil conservation function from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to the new Agriculture Department ...

US to Start Tracking 'Greenhouse' Gases
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - CA,USA
... For example, they can report using no-till agriculture, installing a waste ... an online method for farmers and ranchers to estimate soil carbon sequestration ...

Top News ; Call for agricultural cooperation in SAARC:
Keralanext - Kerala,India
... Reddy called for pumping in more investments in agriculture to provide alternative ... in new technology, better quality seeds, improving the soil productivity and ...

Barnes & Noble.com - The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and ...
... The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics. Paul B. B. Thompson. ...
ABOUT THE BOOK. The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics. ...

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Monday, March 21, 2005 7:04 AM PST

Withdrawal rankles Israeli farmers in Gaza
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News Mon, 21 Mar 2005 0:00 AM PST
Every July, Israeli Michael Goldschmidt, a settler farmer in the Gaza strip, and his Palestinian workers pull up hundreds of thousands of amaryllis bulbs from the sandy soil for export to the United States.

Farmers offered incentives toward conservation
Chico Enterprise-Record Mon, 21 Mar 2005 0:24 AM PST
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns announced Thursday at the sign-ups for the Conservation Security Program will become available March 28 with a deadline of May 27.

Organic farm persists in serving poor communities
The Milwaukee Business Journal Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:15 PM PST
When a couple of guys started Soil Born Farm, an urban garden east of Cal Expo, they targeted local chefs looking for organic produce. This, the growers said, was a way to raise money for their larger goal, creating access to healthy food in poor neighborhoods.

Understanding Rye and Rice May Help Farmers Improve Wheat
Agricultural Research Magazine Mon, 21 Mar 2005 4:38 AM PST
Nearly 40 percent of the world's arable land is too acidic to grow wheat, mainly because of high aluminum levels in the soil. But an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist hopes to make wheat more aluminum-tolerant by using a gene from rye, a cousin of wheat.

Withdrawal rankles Israeli farmers in Gaza
USA Today Sun, 20 Mar 2005 5:27 PM PST
Every July, Israeli Michael Goldschmidt, a settler farmer in the Gaza strip, and his Palestinian workers pull up hundreds of ...

How will countries rebuild?
BBC News Mon, 21 Mar 2005 3:56 AM PST
World leaders have met in Indonesia to coordinate relief after the Indian Ocean tsunami. How long will it take the affected countries to rebuild?

Delivery of 43,400 chicks signs of new Case Farms arrival
The Shelby Star Mon, 21 Mar 2005 6:15 AM PST
SHELBY â€” The first flock â€” all 43,400 of them â€” arrived Friday. The baby chickens on Rick and Doris Smithâ€™s farm are the latest visible signs that Case Farms, a new chicken feed company, has arrived in Cleveland County.

Fighting dust instead of mud - Early spring has farmers worried about dry summer
King County Journal Mon, 21 Mar 2005 2:27 AM PST
John Hamakami doesn't usually stir up puffs of dust in early spring when he's out working his 11 acres of strawberries on Green Valley Road southeast of Auburn.

'Water For Life' Decade: Appropriate Policies Needed to Make Better Use of Water
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 21 Mar 2005 6:33 AM PST
Appropriate policies and good governance practices are needed to encourage and guide farmers to make better use of water," FAO said in a message on the eve of the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life 2005-2015' to be launched by the United Nations and Governments tomorrow 22 March, on World Water Day.

Trees face summer of disease, beetles
Colorado Springs Gazette Mon, 21 Mar 2005 2:17 AM PST
Trees in the Pikes Peak region face another tough summer despite the apparent easing of the drought that has made them susceptible to a host of enemies.

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Monday, March 21, 2005 6:07 AM PST

Withdrawal rankles Israeli farmers in Gaza
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News Mon, 21 Mar 2005 0:00 AM PST
Every July, Israeli Michael Goldschmidt, a settler farmer in the Gaza strip, and his Palestinian workers pull up hundreds of thousands of amaryllis bulbs from the sandy soil for export to the United States.

Farmers offered incentives toward conservation
Chico Enterprise-Record Mon, 21 Mar 2005 0:24 AM PST
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns announced Thursday at the sign-ups for the Conservation Security Program will become available March 28 with a deadline of May 27.

Organic farm persists in serving poor communities
The Milwaukee Business Journal Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:15 PM PST
When a couple of guys started Soil Born Farm, an urban garden east of Cal Expo, they targeted local chefs looking for organic produce. This, the growers said, was a way to raise money for their larger goal, creating access to healthy food in poor neighborhoods.

Understanding Rye and Rice May Help Farmers Improve Wheat
Agricultural Research Magazine Mon, 21 Mar 2005 4:38 AM PST
Nearly 40 percent of the world's arable land is too acidic to grow wheat, mainly because of high aluminum levels in the soil. But an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist hopes to make wheat more aluminum-tolerant by using a gene from rye, a cousin of wheat.

Withdrawal rankles Israeli farmers in Gaza
USA Today Sun, 20 Mar 2005 5:27 PM PST
Every July, Israeli Michael Goldschmidt, a settler farmer in the Gaza strip, and his Palestinian workers pull up hundreds of ...

How will countries rebuild?
BBC News Mon, 21 Mar 2005 3:56 AM PST
World leaders have met in Indonesia to coordinate relief after the Indian Ocean tsunami. How long will it take the affected countries to rebuild?

Fighting dust instead of mud - Early spring has farmers worried about dry summer
King County Journal Mon, 21 Mar 2005 2:27 AM PST
John Hamakami doesn't usually stir up puffs of dust in early spring when he's out working his 11 acres of strawberries on Green Valley Road southeast of Auburn.

Delivery of 43,400 chicks signs of new Case Farms arrival
The Shelby Star Mon, 21 Mar 2005 0:14 AM PST
SHELBY â€” The first flock â€” all 43,400 of them â€” arrived Friday. The baby chickens on Rick and Doris Smithâ€™s farm are the latest visible signs that Case Farms, a new chicken feed company, has arrived in Cleveland County.

Trees face summer of disease, beetles
Colorado Springs Gazette Mon, 21 Mar 2005 2:17 AM PST
Trees in the Pikes Peak region face another tough summer despite the apparent easing of the drought that has made them susceptible to a host of enemies.

We 're cooking up major problems
The Journal Mon, 21 Mar 2005 0:35 AM PST
In the final part of The Journal's series on global warming, Tony Henderson and Jane Hall look at what the future could hold for the North-East and Cumbria.

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Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:04 AM PST

California Farm Bureau is beneficial
Monterey County Herald Sat, 19 Mar 2005 3:07 AM PST
C alifornia's 77,000 farmers have about as many choices as a bee collecting pollen when it comes to organizations they can join. Among the prospects are grower-shipper associations, water, soil and conservation districts, and various local groups that emphasize specific interests.

RAP Breakfast audience hears agriculture's story
Daily Gate City Fri, 18 Mar 2005 2:53 PM PST
Most of the cost of breakfast was "on the farmer" for those who attended the Keokuk Area Chamber of Commerce Recognition, Appreciation and Participation Breakfast at the Holiday Inn Express on Thursday.

Money available to farmers
The Steubenville Herald-Star Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:13 AM PST
WINTERSVILLE - More than $100,000 in funding for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program has been allocated to Jefferson County, according to a spokesman from the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District.

Tampa microbiologist uses model airplane to test for African dust
Miami Herald Sat, 19 Mar 2005 6:02 AM PST
TAMPA, Fla. - When government microbiologist Dale Griffin revs up his quarter-scale, remote-controlled Piper Cub aircraft and lofts it 1,000 feet above Largo next month, it won't be as a model airplane hobbyist.

SOUTHERN AFRICA: IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 222 for 12-18 March 2005
AlertNet Sat, 19 Mar 2005 6:08 AM PST
On Monday Namibia enters a new era - one without President Sam Nujoma at the helm. After 15 years of rule, the white-bearded liberation war leader, affectionately known as "the old man", hands over to his successor, Hifikepunye Pohamba.

Biz Buzz
SanLuisObispo.com Sat, 19 Mar 2005 3:08 AM PST
The board of directors of the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce has voted to remain neutral on three ballot measures that would allow the Marketplace shopping center project to proceed.

Inquirer Mindanao : An award-winning model for organic farming
INQ7.net Sat, 19 Mar 2005 6:28 AM PST
BANSALAN, Davao del Sur, Philippines -- Looking at the rows and rows of sturdy fruit trees, it is difficult to imagine that not too long ago, this land in Bansalan, Davao del Sur, was once barren and idle.

Area farmers see manure as energy source
Plattsburgh Press Republican Sat, 19 Mar 2005 3:58 AM PST
MALONE A partnership of dairy farmers on the west side of town may want to turn mountains of cow manure into cheap electricity and cash.

U.S.-made tequila takes shot at monopoly
Rapid City Journal Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:48 PM PST
California farmer started growing blue agave as landscaping but now is using it to create a brand of American-made tequila. TEMECULA, Calif. J.B. Wagoner initially planted blue agave around his 25-acre property to solve a landscaping dilemma.

News
Arkansas News Bureau Sat, 19 Mar 2005 0:54 AM PST
LITTLE ROCK - A bill that would prevent circuit judges and appeals judges appointed to the bench by the governor from running for another judgeship while in office was approved by the House on Friday. -

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Friday, March 18, 2005 7:03 AM PST

FULTON COUNTY SWCD STAFF HONORED FOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS
Canton Daily Ledger Thu, 17 Mar 2005 8:40 AM PST
Two local Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) staff members were honored at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service awards ceremony and banquet March 2 in Decatur.

Thorsgard honored as Little I Agriculturalist of the Year
Farm And Ranch Guide Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:10 AM PST
Enoch Thorsgard, Northwood, N.D., has been selected by the North Dakota State University Saddle and Sirloin Club as the 79th Little International Agriculturist of the Year. Each year, the club honors a distinguished leader in North Dakota agriculture who possesses traits members seek to exemplify.

Volatile Metabolic Profiling for Discrimination of Potato Tubers Inoculated With Dry and Soft Rot Pathogens
RedNova Fri, 18 Mar 2005 1:03 AM PST
ABSTRACT Volatile metabolites from 'Russet Burbank' potatoes inoculated with Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora (ECC), Erwinia carotovora ssp.

Seed time
Daily Press Fri, 18 Mar 2005 6:32 AM PST
On Spring Picture Day, March 8, Patricia Lopez was pretty in pink but could not resist helping to shovel. On March 11, at Topaz Elementary School in Hesperia, teacher Melissa Sipes watched second-graders plant rows of tiny carrot seeds in between rows of chunky corn seeds.

Selling the family farm
The Adobe Press Fri, 18 Mar 2005 3:11 AM PST
Hideo Kaminaka, the Nipomo farming family's 71-year-old patriarch, surveys a portion of his 59-acre farm along Pomeroy Road that could soon become the site of community ball fields and a veterans memorial.

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Arkansas News Bureau Fri, 18 Mar 2005 1:11 AM PST
LITTLE ROCK - Four bills that would redefine how public schools are built in Arkansas passed the Senate on Thursday almost unanimously, with one dissenting vote on one of the bills. -

U.S.-made tequila takes shot at monopoly
Rapid City Journal Thu, 17 Mar 2005 9:37 PM PST
California farmer started growing blue agave as landscaping but now is using it to create a brand of American-made tequila. TEMECULA, Calif. J.B. Wagoner initially planted blue agave around his 25-acre property to solve a landscaping dilemma.

Local worming for Beed farmers
Yahoo! India News Thu, 17 Mar 2005 5:01 PM PST
In a corner of Beed, one of the worst drought-hit areas of Maharashtra, seven women are tapping the farmerâ€™s oldest friend to provide a way out of annual agricultural losses and subsequent debts.

Biodynamic expert is guest speaker at Nederburg Auction
South African Wine News Thu, 17 Mar 2005 2:09 PM PST
'The choice of the charismatic Joly as guest speaker is appropriate, given that biodiversity - the science encompassing all the genes, species, ecosystems and processes conducive to life - is also this year's auction theme,' said Julie Cheetham, corporate communications manager for Distell.

HISTORY OF GIBSON COUNTY
Tri-State Media Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:05 PM PST
In this section you will find an interesting historical account of the communities that make up Gibson County. Gibson County was once a wilderness situated in the Northwest Territory which, in 1784, was ceded to the United States of America by Virginia.

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Computer program helps farmers make decisions about pastureland
innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany
... on soil erosion to influences on greenhouse-gas emissions. A multidisciplinary team, including representatives from the US Department of Agriculture's ...

Nagarajan, Lal get Borlaug Award for 2005
Hindustan Times - India
Wheat scientist S Nagarajan and soil scientist Rattan Lal received this ... outstanding research and contributions in the field of agriculture, environment and ...

A study on agricultural mechanization in Iran
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
... He noted mechanized agriculture's status is yet to be determined in the country ... Iran 's soil is heavy due to climatic conditions and unbridled use of the ...

Agricultural program to advertise nationally
Penn State Digital Collegian - University Park,PA,USA
... "The agriculture there is very different," he said. "For example, two average fields here in America would be one huge field in Ukraine, and soil there is the ...

Turkey, Syria to rid border of land mines
Turkish Daily News - Ankara,Turkey
... Once cleared of land mines, 85 percent of the land in that area could be used for organic agriculture because the soil is free of fertilizers and chemicals.

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Thursday, March 17, 2005 7:04 AM PST

Greater attention needed on agriculture: Borlaug
The Hindu Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:33 PM PST
NEW DELHI, MARCH 16. Nobel Laureate, Norman E. Borlaug, today stressed the need for greater attention to agriculture, contrasting the low priority accorded to the sector with military budgets.

FULTON COUNTY SWCD STAFF HONORED FOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS
Canton Daily Ledger Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:40 PM PST
Two local Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) staff members were honored at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service awards ceremony and banquet March 2 in Decatur.

Watsonville celebrates National Ag Day
Santa Cruz Sentinel Thu, 17 Mar 2005 5:14 AM PST
WATSONVILLE â€” Artichokes, strawberries, cauliflower, apples, lettuce and broccoli are just a few of the more than 60 Pajaro Valley crops that inspired celebration of National Agriculture Day on Wednesday.

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry
SeedQuest Wed, 16 Mar 2005 2:37 PM PST
A team in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is leading the development of the Pastureland Management System (PLMS), a free, practical, and portable computer-based aid program that helps livestock farmers compare different strategies for managing their land and livestock.

Spring sowing to start in Russia March 18 over 50 mln hectares
Itar-Tass Thu, 17 Mar 2005 5:29 AM PST
MOSCOW, March 17 (Itar-Tass) - The spring sowing in Russia will start on March 18 from the Southern Federal District. It is planned to sow crops over an area of 50-53 million hectares, taking into account re-sowing of winter crops, said on Thursday Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev.

$123m WB loan for Taunsa Barrage
Dawn Wed, 16 Mar 2005 8:13 PM PST
ISLAMABAD, March 16: The World Bank has approved a $123 million loan to Pakistan to rehabilitate the Taunsa Barrage on the River Indus whose structure had been damaged owing to soil erosions and old-age.

Thorsgard honored as Little I Agriculturalist of the Year
Farm And Ranch Guide Wed, 16 Mar 2005 2:25 PM PST
Enoch Thorsgard, Northwood, N.D., has been selected by the North Dakota State University Saddle and Sirloin Club as the 79th Little International Agriculturist of the Year. Each year, the club honors a distinguished leader in North Dakota agriculture who possesses traits members seek to exemplify.

Nobel Laureate pitches for GM technology
The Hindu Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:26 AM PST
IN AUGUST COMPANY: Nobel Laureate Dr Norman Borlaug with eminent crop scientist, Dr M. S. Swaminathan, and the Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, at the centenary convention of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in the Capital. â€”

Nagarajan, Lal get Borlaug Award for 2005
Hindustan Times Wed, 16 Mar 2005 7:07 AM PST
Wheat scientist S Nagarajan and soil scientist Rattan Lal received this year's Norman E Borlaug Award for their contributions to agricultural science.

Seminar on Radio-isotopes nuclear technology:
New Kerala Wed, 16 Mar 2005 8:50 AM PST
[Technology News]: Amritsar, Mar. 16 : A seminar on "Applications of Radio Isotopes in Health Care, Agriculture, Industry and Chemical Research" was held on the second day of ongoing International Symposium on Nuclear and Radiochemistry (NUCAR-2005) here.

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Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:04 AM PST

Productive farming needs scientific balancing of water and soil
IPP Media Tue, 15 Mar 2005 9:58 PM PST
Farming is an industry which has existed from the time man wanted food to feed his stomach. Christians believe that the practice started when God cursed Adam and Eve. From that time, soil became the source of man s food.

Reported by Rebecca Gannon High Tech Jobs Coming to Pocomoke City
WBOC 16 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 5:41 AM PST
POCOMOKE CITY - Lift off in three, two and one. More jobs are coming to Delmarva. These high technology jobs will integrate the agriculture, computer and space industries.

Fayetteville, Arkansas March 15, 2005
SeedQuest Tue, 15 Mar 2005 5:08 PM PST
A healthy dose of nitrogen fertilizer can coax top yields from rice, but cross the optimum line and diseases can set the crop back and cost producers more than they gain, say University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture scientists.

Ag secretary sees good potential for trade with Japan, Korea
Sioux City Journal Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:31 PM PST
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota will have a great opportunity to export beef to Japan and South Korea once those nations reopen their markets to U.S. beef products, state Agriculture Secretary Larry Gabriel said Monday.

Alvin Temples to share agricultural knowledge in Nigeria
Dexter Daily Statesman Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:48 AM PST
A Dexter resident, who shares a vision for prosperity in Nigeria with an Arkansas resident, will soon find himself in the third-world country teaching what he knows best: Agriculture.

Though land is poisoned, Calif water districts lock in supplies
Miami Herald Wed, 16 Mar 2005 0:48 AM PST
MENDOTA, Calif. - When Miguel Gonzalez looks out over the flat, barren field that seems to stretch from his front door to the distant Sierra Nevada, he sees 38 years of "eating dirt, night and day, behind a tractor."

NEW STUDY OVERTURNS CLAIMED WILDLIFE BENEFITS OF GM CROPS
Friends of the Earth Wed, 16 Mar 2005 5:11 AM PST
A new report published today, undermines claims that a four year research project into the growing of GM crops (the BRIGHT trials) showed that they were not harmful to farmland wildlife.

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Arkansas News Bureau Wed, 16 Mar 2005 3:00 AM PST
LITTLE ROCK - Two communities in Arkansas would be allowed to vote on whether to expand gambling at horse and dog tracks under a bill passed Tuesday by the state House. -

U.S.-made tequila takes shot at monopoly
Rapid City Journal Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:36 PM PST
California farmer started growing blue agave as landscaping but now is using it to create a brand of American-made tequila. TEMECULA, Calif. J.B. Wagoner initially planted blue agave around his 25-acre property to solve a landscaping dilemma.

Experts weigh supervolcano risks
BBC News Tue, 15 Mar 2005 8:23 AM PST
Geologists have called for a task force to consider our response in the event of a massive volcanic eruption.

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