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. |
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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