Agriculture schools find new breed of student
Detroit News Sat, 23 Apr 2005 1:03 AM PDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- As an agriculture student at the University of Maryland, Mike Sheer learned anatomy by looking at livestock. He studied business by figuring out how to make a goat farm profitable. He even proposed to his college sweetheart by surprising her with an engraved horseshoe. |
DCCC Soil Judging Team competes in contest
Dodge Globe Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:25 AM PDT
A couple of weeks ago three students at Dodge City Community College had the opportunity to compete in the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture judging contest at Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Neb. |
John Oncken: A day on the farm
The Capital Times Sat, 23 Apr 2005 5:53 AM PDT
Monday was the kind of a day - 80 degrees with a gentle wind - that farmers love to be on a tractor working the soil. But on this day three farm families were hosting a tour I had organized for editorial professionals from The Capital Times. |
Changing roles of agro grads
The Star Online Fri, 22 Apr 2005 4:51 PM PDT
KUALA LUMPUR: The Government wants to rid the perception that agriculture “is not a professional career and not a choice profession.†|
Every day is Earth Day for farmers
The Steubenville Herald-Star Fri, 22 Apr 2005 9:22 PM PDT
WINTERSVILLE - Earth Day was celebrated Friday, but farmers, tillers of the soil and providers of food for dinner tables, observe Earth Day every day. |
Fungus shows promise for weed control
Iowa Farmer Fri, 22 Apr 2005 8:47 AM PDT
A fungus that can kill broadleaf plants including Canada Thistle, dandelions and chickweed is working its way to the marketplace. Karen Bailey, a plant pathologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, works to identify micro-organisms that can be used for pest control. |
Bengal to usher in e-farming
New Kerala Fri, 22 Apr 2005 2:50 PM PDT
Kolkata, April 7 : Come May and farmers and fishermen in West Bengal will be able to access a one-stop shop of information on agriculture and pisciculture with the click of a mouse. |
Rehberg unveils $500,000 irrigation funding plan
Iowa Farmer Fri, 22 Apr 2005 8:46 AM PDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg (R), today hailed the decision by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to provide $500,000 for soil conservation practices for irrigators in the East Bench area of Madison and Beaverhead counties in southwest Montana. |
Release No. 0135.05
USDA Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:50 AM PDT
ELLENDALE, Minn., April 22, 2005 -Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced that more than 830,000 acres of wetlands have been restored, created, protected and improved through the cooperative conservation efforts of federal and state governments, private landowners and nongovernmental organizations since President Bush announced his Wetlands Initiative on Earth Day one year ago. |
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