Agriculture schools find new breed of student
Detroit News Sun, 24 Apr 2005 0:54 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. |
Conservation will be theme
Reading Eagle/Reading Times Sun, 24 Apr 2005 5:31 AM PDT
“Celebrate Conservation†is the theme for this year's Soil and Water Stewardship Week observance starting today. The Berks County Conservation District is again supplying free educational materials to local school districts. |
A seedy proposition
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Sun, 24 Apr 2005 4:31 AM PDT
“Seeds are wealth. They are beauty. They are a symbol – a symbol of beginnings. They are carriers of aid, of friendship, of good will.†Despite Victor Boswell’s noble words in the 1961 “Yearbook of Agricultureâ€, I have suffered many dismal failures with growing from seed. |
Plenty of water now, but drought could easily return
Lake City Reporter Sun, 24 Apr 2005 5:19 AM PDT
Driving around Columbia County one can see various low-lying areas full of water only feet from the roadside. While passing for ponds now, as little as five years ago, they were probably just patches of thirsty soil begging for a drop of rain. |
Modern technology use helps boost farm output
Khaleej Times Sat, 23 Apr 2005 9:39 AM PDT
DUBAI -The use of modern technology in the agriculture sector has yielded fruit with farm output soaring as more areas were brought under cultivation. |
It Needn't Be Greener in Someone Else's Yard
New York Times Sat, 23 Apr 2005 6:08 PM PDT
IN the spring, does your fancy turn to thoughts of grass? Of fine-bladed, emerald green, fluffy soft grass that puts your neighbor's lawn to shame? For many Americans, a lush lawn is a matter of pride, if not a competitive sport. |
Organic farms blossoming
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Sun, 24 Apr 2005 4:22 AM PDT
Dairy cows make their way to the barn for the afternoon milking at Traders Point Creamery. The market for organic products has grown. |
Govt to improve the quality of Thai fruit
MCOT Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:19 AM PDT
BANGKOK, Apr 24 (TNA) Thailand plans to invest nearly fifty million baht in improving the quality of five popular Thai fruits, according to government agricultural officials. |
IMPACT REPORT: Testing puts focus on complex drainage system
The News-Enterprise Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:31 AM PDT
Water samples are being collected more frequently and in more places as part of an effort to find patterns in when, where and how atrazine, a common weed killer, finds its way to area water supplies. |
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