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. |
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. |
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