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 — 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. |
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