Soil News

Strategic plan will promote agriculture
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... the 2005 annual meeting of the Allen County Soil and Water Conservation District. Miller told the group a bill to create a state Agriculture Department passed ...

Indiana remains slow to protect its farmland
Indianapolis Star - USA
... agricultural land is vital, particularly when you think about using agriculture as a ... pigs on about 260 acres near Atlanta, realize the value of Indiana's soil. ...

Kidnapped ARMM agriculture official freed
INQ7 Interactive, Inc. - Philippines
... Manda Amir Hamsa, Department of Agriculture and Food-ARMM assistant secretary, said Rogelio Creencia, DA soil and water management expert, was released at 4 am ...

Proposals seek atrazine ban, pesticide testing
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - MN,USA
... State agriculture officials defended their importance ... She proposed mandatory soil and water tests for atrazine and a moratorium on further use if it is detected ...

Soil Properties along Cultivation and Fallow Time Sequences on ...
Soil Science Society of America Journal
The effects of rain-fed agriculture and fallow on soil quality indicators on vertisols in a semiarid area near Linares, Nuevo León, were studied. ...

Worms signal success
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
... "Forty years ago, the Department of Agriculture measured the ... below the surface to see the good that lime and dicalcic were doing for the soil -- they measured ...

EDITORIAL: The thin green veil
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
... Strip a hillslope of vegetation and it will lose the soil-anchoring power of ... Insisting that the Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam agriculture park is safe and untouched ...

Nile River basin countries to benefit from UN-aided water ...
noticias.info (press release) - Spain
... current and potential water use and water productivity in rain-fed and irrigated agriculture. ... data, as well as information on land use, land cover and soil type ...

Emerald ash borer concerns grow across northern region
Gaylord Herald Times - Gaylord,MI,USA
... of Agriculture in Traverse City ... Kidd recommends treating ash trees in mid to late April by the soil drench technique with a product called Bayer Tree and Shrub ...

Plants Become Green Mr. Clean To Combat Toxic Messes
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... The plants and soil microbes can then convert the toxins to more benign ... nearly 400 scientists in five colleges at MSU to enhance agriculture, natural resources ...