Tracking Soil Loss Through Water-Clarity Sensors
Agricultural Research Magazine Wed, 27 Apr 2005 5:25 AM PDT
Putting a turbidity sensor in crop fields may lead to better monitoring and estimating of soil being lost to water runoff, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist. Turbidity is a measure of suspended particles that diminish water's clarity. |
Increased Salt in Soil Poses Worldwide Threat to Society
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 26 Apr 2005 3:26 PM PDT
Many nations are coming to grips with the realization that soil salinity, the measure of total salt in soil, is robbing them of precious natural resources that sustain life. Scientists and water resource managers have gathered in Riverside, California, for the first International Salinity Forum to address solutions to this growing menace. |
Univ. Says Losing 'Ag' May Broaden Appeal
AP via Yahoo! News Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:07 AM PDT
The University of Nebraska's agriculture college is swapping seeds for semantics as it considers dropping 'ag' from its name to boost sagging enrollment numbers. |
Wet weather delaying planting
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Wed, 27 Apr 2005 3:37 AM PDT
HUDSON --- Corn planting is falling behind schedule in some parts of Iowa, though some farmers are nearing completion. Monday's U.S. Department of Agriculture Crops and Weather report said 15 percent of the state's corn is in the ground. |
Seeding Just Underway in Saskatchewan
Ag Report Tue, 26 Apr 2005 8:19 AM PDT
REGINA - Apr 26/05 - SNS -- Plantings this year;'s crops is just underway in Saskatchewan, with about 1% of the crop now in the ground, about the same level as this time last year, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food's weekly crop report. |
Nebraska:
Lincoln Journal Star Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:14 PM PDT
Rain across much of Nebraska last week kept most producers out of the fields, hampering planting progress for a second week in a row, according to the Nebraska Agriculture Statistics Service. |
P8.4-B Agusan coco project sill alive, says Yap
INQ7.net Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:40 AM PDT
THE PHILIPPINE Coconut Authority (PCA) has not abandoned a plan to establish a hybrid coconut nursery in Agusan del Sur and is pushing ahead with a feasibility study to determine the suitability of the province as a location for the project, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said yesterday. |
Indiana gets its first ag department
Decatur Daily Democrat Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:25 AM PDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Gov. Mitch Daniels signed a bill on Monday creating Indiana's first cabinet-level agriculture department, an agency he said would spur the state's economic revival and help Hoosier farms realize their potential. |
Every day is Earth Day for farmers
The Steubenville Herald-Star Tue, 26 Apr 2005 7:11 AM 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. |
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