NEWS
Press & Dakotan Mon, 04 Apr 2005 10:31 PM PDT
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Rain last week in southwest and central Nebraska slowed spring field work, but improved dry soil conditions lingering from a multiyear drought, according to the Nebraska Agriculture Statistics Service. |
Computer Program Helps Farmers Make Decisions About Pastureland
Science Daily Mon, 04 Apr 2005 9:29 PM PDT
A team in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is leading the development of the Pastureland Management System (PLMS), a free, practical, and portable computer-based aid program that helps livestock farmers compare different strategies for managing their land and livestock. |
Agriculture
The Lewiston Tribune Online Mon, 04 Apr 2005 7:08 AM PDT
MENDOTA, Calif. -- For 38 years, Miguel Gonzalez farmed a field near here, the labor providing him with one in a row of tidy cream-colored houses where he lives with his wife Maria alongside other families. |
Release No. 0116.05
USDA Mon, 04 Apr 2005 1:18 PM PDT
Transcript of remarks by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns To the National Association of Conservation Districts, Washington D.C. SEC. MIKE JOHANNS: "Well, thank you very much. That was a beautiful introduction. I appreciate that, and, gee, what a nice, warm welcome. |
Something to chew on
San Diego Union-Tribune Tue, 05 Apr 2005 3:15 AM PDT
April 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE): If it's a warm sunny day following rainy weather, the phones at exterminator companies around the county are ringing. The callers say ants are flying around their homes. No, they are told, it's probably much worse.The winged creatures most likely are termites, the industrious pests that devour a home's bones and often go unnoticed until the weather triggers their instinct |
Unstable weather could alter valley fruit and vegetable harvests
Tahoe Daily Tribune Tue, 05 Apr 2005 6:07 AM PDT
With our wet, cold winter weather this year, agricultural officials say they're keeping an eye on spring conditions to see how the crops will fare. Many crops are either late or in jeopardy of abnormal harvests. |
THE FOXTAIL: Don't rush seeds into the ground
The Herald-Press Tue, 05 Apr 2005 5:30 AM PDT
The middle of last week was great. The temperature was warm, the sun was shining, and all was right with spring. Well, almost. Once we get outside and get the urge to plant something, remember the conditions that plants need to grow successfully. |
A test of good intentions in a Kenyan village
International Herald Tribune Mon, 04 Apr 2005 8:51 AM PDT
This settlement in western Kenya where Patricia Awino Odera lives has become a giant test tube for a UN development project, and Okoth's instruction is part of that experiment. |
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