Soil News: May 2005

[soil agriculture]

Philippa Stevenson: Good earth is rapidly being washed away
The New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 May 2005 0:11 AM PDT
The rock and silt that crashed through Matata, the streams and rivers that turned brown carrying good earth out to sea should be a clarion call. Our country's wealth comes from our top 15cm of soil and we are losing it in truckloads on good days let alone during torrential downpours.

New SDSU ag dean on the job
Rapid City Journal Sun, 29 May 2005 9:45 PM PDT
BROOKINGS - South Dakota State University's new dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences will be meeting South Dakotans face to face in the coming months at experiment-farm tours and other SDSU events.

New Handicapped Fishing Pier at Pinckneyville City Lake
DuQuoin Evening Call Sun, 29 May 2005 12:15 PM PDT
Robert Spencer of the Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District and Commissioner Fred Pabst will travel to Springfield April 26 to discuss a $38,200 CDAP grant to build a handicapped fishing pier, parking spaces and a pavilion at City Lake. Work will begin this summer.

Cotton farming is a dangerous job in Uzbekistan
Reuters via Yahoo! News Mon, 30 May 2005 0:44 AM PDT
For Buribek, like for many Uzbek farmers, growing cotton is a dangerous affair.

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry
SeedQuest Mon, 30 May 2005 5:55 AM PDT
Organic farming, the systematic conversion of land to certified practices that ensure food safety and security from the farm to the table, a comprehensive and fully traceable system, is developing rapidly throughout the world.

Scientist digs into global warming
Kansas City Star Mon, 30 May 2005 3:20 AM PDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. - (KRT) - Donald Baker isn't the type to jump on the latest bandwagon. When global cooling was all the hubbub in the 1970s, he kept his distance. When global warming got traction in the 1990s, he resisted.

Monday, May 30, 2005
Daily Breeze Mon, 30 May 2005 1:17 AM PDT
Hero of Philippines battles, 92, has spruced up his larger back yard almost daily for six years. Few people take notice of the frail old man wandering around Carson's largest park.

HISTORY OF GIBSON COUNTY
Tri-State Media Mon, 30 May 2005 0:18 AM PDT
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.

Obituary: Eddie Albert
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 29 May 2005 4:01 PM PDT
Was there a more likable guy in the movies than Eddie Albert, who has died aged 97? Not conventionally handsome he had a broad, dimpled smile and was generally cast as a friendly innocent or the hero's good-natured sidekick.

Erosion leaves area ripe for storm s destruction
Colorado Springs Gazette Mon, 30 May 2005 0:17 AM PDT
Erosion along creek beds, neglected by the city as it focused on finding money to hire more police officers and widen roads, has become an expensive and potentially deadly hazard.

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Volcanic rock dust therapy for soil
The Star Online Sat, 28 May 2005 5:12 PM PDT
VOLCANIC rock dust and a bacteria-based soil conditioner may soon become indispensable in the Malaysian agricultural sector.

Consider soil type when choosing tree for planting
The Advertiser-Tribune Sat, 28 May 2005 9:27 PM PDT
Every year various trees are put on display to grab the attention of consumers who want to fill an empty void in their yards. With so many varieties available, selecting the appropriate tree can be difficult.

Early Jewish farmers try their hand in a hardscrabble land
Salt Lake Tribune Sun, 29 May 2005 2:20 AM PDT
Picture this, because it is here that one of the largest Jewish agrarian colonies west of the Appalachian Mountains stood ground and failed, but not for lack of trying. It is marginal land: sparse trees, low-hugging sagebrush; grass, thin, more lean than green and earth more dirt than soil, much of it unyielding.

Food processors under scrutiny
The Fresno Bee Sun, 29 May 2005 6:03 AM PDT
The industry's wastewater disposal is a concern. Wineries, cheese-makers and hundreds of other food processors each year pour billions of gallons of rank wastewater onto open fields with little oversight.

Where is all the rain?
The Monitor Sun, 29 May 2005 3:52 AM PDT
McCOOK - The grain sorghum on Larry and Jim Sklossت¼ western Hidalgo County farm was planted in mid-February and should be 4 feet tall by now....

Family likely to leave farm after four generations
Kansas City Star Sun, 29 May 2005 0:19 AM PDT
KATHRYN, N.D. â€” The Sheyenne River wriggles lazily through eastern North Dakota, cutting a scenic, shallow valley that briefly interrupts the flatlands of the Northern Great Plains stretching hundreds of miles westward toward the Rocky Mountains.

California wineries soak up Iowa ag lessons
The Des Moines Register Sun, 29 May 2005 2:09 AM PDT
Lots of labor: Fred Peterson inspects vines in the Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma County, Calif. He owns Peterson Winery north of Healdsburg, Calif. TITLE: Executive director of United Wine Growers for Sonoma County since 1986.

Trillions of fire ants ... one Tim Davis
The State Sun, 29 May 2005 0:06 AM PDT
Tim Davis didnâ€™t know what to do. A seemingly crazed man driving beside him started honking the car horn. The horn kept honking as the driver pulled in front of Davisâ€™ vehicle, then back beside it.

Fetzer Wine Garden Earns Gold at Chelsea
Ukiah Daily Journal Sat, 28 May 2005 11:07 PM PDT
LONDON The Fetzer Wine Garden created by Fetzer Valley Oaks gardener Kate Frey joined a small list of elite show gardens in earning a gold medal from the Royal Horticultural Society at the Chelsea Flower Show, considered the most influential gardening exhibition worldwide.

Fostoria's tree population: mostly maple
The Advertiser-Tribune Sat, 28 May 2005 9:27 PM PDT
FOSTORIA - Fostoria's city property has mostly maple trees. This is information from a study done in April 1996, said Street Department Superintendent Eric Keckler.

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Agriculture Briefs
The Robesonian Fri, 27 May 2005 8:55 AM PDT
LUMBERTON - Will Norton, a fourth-grader at Tanglewood Elementary, recently won several first-place awards for his participation in the N.C. Association of Soil and Water Conservation District's Poster Contest.

Resources revamp sets off grumbles Mr Soil, Mr Water have their detractors
Bangkok Post Fri, 27 May 2005 11:32 AM PDT
The top bureaucrat at the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry has expressed unhappiness with the prospect of two new ministries growing out of his ministry in a new round of public sector reform.

USDA Paid Freelance Writer $7,500 for Articles
Washington Post Sat, 28 May 2005 2:57 AM PDT
An Agriculture Department agency paid a freelance writer at least $7,500 to write articles touting federal conservation programs and place them in outdoors magazines, according to agency records and interviews.

Saturday May 28, 12:59 PM By Indo-Asian News Service
Yahoo! India News Sat, 28 May 2005 0:46 AM PDT
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Climate change threatens to sharply increase crop losses in many developing countries like India, says the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Training offered on use of chemical on coqui
Honolulu Advertiser Fri, 27 May 2005 8:22 AM PDT
The Pesticides Branch of the state Department of Agriculture will hold training sessions for residents and nurseries to teach the proper use of hydrated lime to control coqui frog infestations.

Irish kids 'eating the wrong food'
Belfast Telegraph Sat, 28 May 2005 5:43 AM PDT
THOUSANDS of Irish primary school children are not getting a balanced daily diet. According to a major three year all island study, funded by Safefood, the Food Safety Promotion Board, 85% are eating the wrong food.

Weed out problems for rich, lush grass PERSPECTIVE DONNA GREY
TimesLeader.com Sat, 28 May 2005 0:19 AM PDT
SPRINGTIME is a good time to take stock of your grass and take the proper steps toward a healthier, greener lawn this summer. Revitalizing your lawn doesnâ€™t need to be a costly, time-consuming process. Itâ€™s more a question of correctly evaluating the trouble before you invest in solutions.

YANKEE 'S NEW WELDED MAST SAVES IN AIR RESISTANCE
Science News Fri, 27 May 2005 1:17 PM PDT
Returning the recent visit of the British yacht Endeavour , which challenged for the America's Cup last year, the American yacht Yankee , shown on the front cover of this week's Science News Letter , is now in England for a series of races with British sloops in her J class.

Chinese Deputy PM Abruptly Cancels Meeting With Japanese PM (and more...)
From the Wilderness Publications Fri, 27 May 2005 10:21 AM PDT
May 24th, 2005 Chinese Deputy PM Abruptly Cancels Meeting With Japanese PM with comment by Michael C. Ruppert by Steve Herman - and - AUSTRALIA: For the First Time, a Deputy Head of State Confirms Peak with comment by Jamey Hecht ABC NEWS ONLINE - also - Increase in 'Dead Zones' Starving the World's Seas with

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry
SeedQuest Fri, 27 May 2005 8:25 AM PDT
A new, winter-hardy pea variety called Specter is being tested by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists for release as a high-protein livestock feed.

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Solon lauds Gawad-Saka '05 winners in C. Luzon
Sun Star Thu, 26 May 2005 9:46 AM PDT
CITY OF SAN FERNAND0 -- Pampanga Fourth District Representative Anna York Bondoc had lauded the regional winners of the Gawad-Saka 2005 of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

New Handicapped Fishing Pier at Pinckneyville City Lake
DuQuoin Evening Call Thu, 26 May 2005 1:41 PM PDT
Robert Spencer of the Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District and Commissioner Fred Pabst will travel to Springfield April 26 to discuss a $38,200 CDAP grant to build a handicapped fishing pier, parking spaces and a pavilion at City Lake. Work will begin this summer.

Ag calendar
The Community Press Thu, 26 May 2005 2:34 PM PDT
May 26 - Canadian Association of Farm Advisors (CAFA) 1st Annual Ontario Conference. Global Perspectives in Agriculture and its Impact on Ontario. Holiday Inn, Guelph.

On India's coast, a plea for jobs
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News Fri, 27 May 2005 1:00 AM PDT
Notions on the street about who Bill Clinton is range from a prince to a curious white man coming to see the tsunami-affected region. For those abroad who are more familiar with the former US president, his visit here as the UN special envoy for tsunami recovery has refocused attention on India's worst-hit district.

Organic farmer advises cultivating quality, not quantity
San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 27 May 2005 5:40 AM PDT
Ron Love sells his organic produce at his farm store and nursery in Healdsburg, as well as to top-notch restaurants such as Charlie Palmer's Dry Creek Kitchen.

Seeds of a bad season
Maine Today Fri, 27 May 2005 5:51 AM PDT
Scott Longfellow sat down for the first time Thursday morning with a cup of coffee after spending hours picking flower petals off the leaves of geraniums.

Bedding plants are eye-candy in a six-pack
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Fri, 27 May 2005 3:26 AM PDT
CEDAR FALLS --- Bedding plants are the next best thing to an instant garden.

edie news centre - Free trade will have adverse effect on environment says report
Environmental Data Interactive Exchange Fri, 27 May 2005 6:03 AM PDT
Liberalisation of trade rules as proposed in the World Trade Organisation's current Doha negotiating round would damage the environment and contribute to climate change, a study has found.

An evening to remember
Evening Gazette Fri, 27 May 2005 5:13 AM PDT
The Evening Gazette's campaign for the future regeneration of Teesside and the Tees Valley. The Tees Valley triumphed at the North East Business Awards, scooping five out of ten titles.

UK policy led to AP farmers' suicides
Rediff.com Fri, 27 May 2005 0:11 AM PDT
A study says AP farmers were forced to pay more for seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, water and power because of flawed public policy and economic strategy implemented at the behest of a British government body.

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Western Australia Off to Good Start
Ag Report Wed, 25 May 2005 7:49 AM PDT
SYDNEY - May 25/095 - SNS -- Soil moisture mapping by Western Australia's Department of Agriculture confirms heavy May rains could see an excellent harvest in some areas of the state.

Philippa Stevenson: Good earth is rapidly being washed away
The New Zealand Herald Wed, 25 May 2005 10:11 AM PDT
The rock and silt that crashed through Matata, the streams and rivers that turned brown carrying good earth out to sea should be a clarion call. Our country's wealth comes from our top 15cm of soil and we are losing it in truckloads on good days let alone during torrential downpours.

Wetland plan
Argus Observer Wed, 25 May 2005 7:25 AM PDT
Efforts to reduce pollutants in area streams through the use of wetlands is proving to be successful through projects sponsored by the local soil and water conservation district and watershed councils.

Thursday May 26, 05:44 PM
Yahoo! India News Thu, 26 May 2005 5:31 AM PDT
Ludhiana, May 26 (ANI): Punjabi farmers who dream of settling down in the west now have reason to cheer. The invitation by the Canadian authorities, to buy and cultivate land, has come an windfall for a group of farmers in Punjab are now undergoing training to make their dreams come true.

Bedding plants are eye-candy in a six-pack
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Thu, 26 May 2005 2:07 AM PDT
CEDAR FALLS --- Bedding plants are the next best thing to an instant garden.

World Weather: Rainy Season Off To Slow Start In Central Mexico
CattleNetwork.com Thu, 26 May 2005 6:01 AM PDT
FSU-WESTERN: Dry weather helped planting activities in most of Ukraine and Russia, although rain was needed in the eastern two-thirds of Ukraine for spring-sown crop emergence and early plant establishment.

AREA DOWN IN DROUGHT
Opelousas Daily World Thu, 26 May 2005 0:14 AM PDT
With three bad crop years out of the last five, many local farmers began this year already in trouble. Now, with the parish the center of a regionwide drought, things are looking bleak.

Drought relief is possible
Laramie Boomerang Wed, 25 May 2005 11:04 PM PDT
Decent spring runoff and predictions for cooler, wetter summer weather g`ive hope that Albany County is recovering from drought, according to state climatologist Jan Curtis.

Illegal Indians in Bangladesh
News From Bangladesh Thu, 26 May 2005 1:58 AM PDT
Though Indian government and its print media relentlessly try to prove that the Bangladeshis are intruding into India daily, and Indian BSF (Border Security Forces) personnel engage try to push the Indian Bengali speaking Muslims to Bangladesh, the reality is totally otherwise.

Vampires beware: Scripps scientists describe molecular basis of raw garlic's pungency
EurekAlert! Wed, 25 May 2005 1:14 PM PDT
Cooked or raw, garlic has been a favorite ingredient of cooks for thousands of years, but almost any cook will tell you there's a major difference: raw garlic is much more pungent than cooked.

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Philippa Stevenson: Good earth is rapidly being washed away
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
... Landcare Research scientist Graham Sparling - known as Mr Soil Quality - finds it depressing that in just 150 years of intensive agriculture we have done a ...

Agriculture university in Sikkim soon
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
... issued by the state government today informed that the chief minister submitted a memorandum on agriculture, horticulture and soil conservation sectors to the ...

Keeping an eye on the sky, ground
Ohio Farm Bureau (press release) - Columbus,OH,USA
... Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's (OFBF's) director of agriculture ecology programs ... insecticides that can help reduce stand losses from soil insects, producers ...

Perspective - Urban sprawl: Similar issues, solutions on other ...
FarmWeek - Bloomington,IL,USA
... priority is to balance development with conservation and agriculture in their country. The Korean visitors were shocked to see stockpiles of dark soil and to ...

Find an Article
The South African Journal of Natural Medicine (subscription) - South Africa
... agriculture. We need to consider the true cost of the non-organic food we eat. When you reflect on factors such as pollution from agricultural chemicals, soil ...

Soil News: - soil agriculture
... soil agriculture. INTERVIEW - Indian wheat output to surge on ideal weather
... "Agriculture depends on healthy soil. But changes in farming, ...

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soil science environment

Thurmont Middle garden is an outdoor classroom
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
... placed it firmly in the soil, he talked of his love for the environment. "I really like to help the environment," he said. "I'm not really into science, but I ...

EcoPhysiology and Conservation: The Contribution of Endocrinology ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... and their symbiotic rhizobium soil bacteria can ... the relationship between humans and their environment. ... support from the National Science Foundation (IBN0344822 ...

Exploring our planet Earth
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
... System, the Nature of Science, models of ... rocks, resources and the environment, plate tectonics ... volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, weathering - soil, and erosion ...

Phytofiltration Easily Reduces Arsenic Levels
Water and Wastewater - Jacksonville Beach,FL,USA
... of live plants to improve human health and clean the environment. ... With expertise in plant science, soil science, genetics and agronomy, Edenspace is developing ...

NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 25 May 2005
Space Ref - USA
... routine maintenance of the SM's SOZh environment control & ... the use of the Lab nadir/science window, were ... Less favorable soil conditions have allowed a grassier ...

Environmental Sciences Group | Homepage
... Soft Environmental - Advisory Service, Soil and Rock Engineering - Advisory
... Welcome to the Mowlem Environmental Sciences Group web site giving ...

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soil salinity alkalinity phd thesis

The Second Congress of Microbiologists of Uzbekistan
... salinity, alkalinity, compaction, aridization, hydromor- ... two doctoral and
eleven PhD theses on microbiology. and biotechnology. ...

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Spraying for moths to be today
Rockford Register Star Wed, 25 May 2005 0:10 AM PDT
ROCKFORD -- The Illinois Department of Agriculture moved up a scheduled gypsy moth spraying from Thursday morning to this afternoon. The affected area is the same 336 acres sprayed May 19.

Wetland plan
Argus Observer Tue, 24 May 2005 1:10 PM PDT
Efforts to reduce pollutants in area streams through the use of wetlands is proving to be successful through projects sponsored by the local soil and water conservation district and watershed councils.

New Handicapped Fishing Pier at Pinckneyville City Lake
DuQuoin Evening Call Tue, 24 May 2005 11:07 AM PDT
Robert Spencer of the Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District and Commissioner Fred Pabst will travel to Springfield April 26 to discuss a $38,200 CDAP grant to build a handicapped fishing pier, parking spaces and a pavilion at City Lake. Work will begin this summer.

Denmark bolsters Kenya`s agricultural recovery
AngolaPress Wed, 25 May 2005 6:59 AM PDT
Nairobi, Kenya, 05/25 - Denmark on Tuesday granted Kenya 2.4 billion Shillings to support the East African country`s economic growth, agricultural development and agro-processing industries. .

Bedding plants are eye-candy in a six-pack
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Wed, 25 May 2005 3:34 AM PDT
CEDAR FALLS --- Bedding plants are the next best thing to an instant garden.

WHAT THE RUSSIAN PAPERS SAY
Russian Information Agency Novosti Wed, 25 May 2005 6:27 AM PDT
Russia should not concede to unfavorable requests from the WTO during accession talks, said Maxim Medvedkov, head of the Russian delegation to the WTO and director of the department of trade talks at the Economic Ministry Maxim Medvedkov, Kommersant-Vlast, a weekly, reported.

Corn greening up in Northeast Iowa
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Wed, 25 May 2005 3:21 AM PDT
WATERLOO --- Crops are developing slow statewide due to cool, wet weather. Corn and soybean planting throughout the state is about right on schedule, but seeds aren't growing as fast as normal.

Damming evidence
San Diego Union-Tribune Wed, 25 May 2005 2:34 AM PDT
Do large dams do more harm than good? When he was a young boy, Thayer Scudder used to build dams across a small stream in the Berkshire Mountains of Connecticut. Now, at age 75, Scudder is perhaps the world's leading academic authority on large dams.

Community harvest
Corvallis Gazette Times Tue, 24 May 2005 11:41 PM PDT
Tom Denison and Elizabeth Kerle are proud of their 20-acre organic farm northeast of Corvallis. Even early in the season, the farm is already plentiful with bright red strawberries and crunchy orange carrots, along with a wide variety of other healthy produce.

Governor creates ivory-billed woodpecker panel
Arkansas News Bureau Wed, 25 May 2005 1:06 AM PDT
LITTLE ROCK - Gov. Mike Huckabee announced Tuesday that he has established a task force to help the state respond to the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas.

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Conservation champions
News Leader Tue, 24 May 2005 3:10 AM PDT
Augusta County's lengthy heritage of agriculture plus good coaching, smart kids and sponsorship by the Headwaters Soil and Water Conservation District all came together last week in Appomattox when Fort Defiance High School's Envirothon team took home the state championship title, shutting down 16 other regional winners.

Corn, Soybeans Rise as Cool, Dry Weather Threatens U.S. Crops
Bloomberg.com Mon, 23 May 2005 10:47 AM PDT
U.S. May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Corn and soybean prices in Chicago rose the most in at least a month on speculation that below-normal temperatures and dry soil in the Midwest will limit early plant growth, leading to smaller U.S. crops later this year.

New Handicapped Fishing Pier at Pinckneyville City Lake
DuQuoin Evening Call Mon, 23 May 2005 12:08 PM PDT
Robert Spencer of the Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District and Commissioner Fred Pabst will travel to Springfield April 26 to discuss a $38,200 CDAP grant to build a handicapped fishing pier, parking spaces and a pavilion at City Lake. Work will begin this summer.

Husky mulls options for restored sight
Meridian Booster Mon, 23 May 2005 9:16 AM PDT
The broken ground and mounds of soil at Lloydminster s west end could soon be slated for commercial development if proposals for the Husky Village Lands are endorsed by city officials and other local stakeholders.

Population growth puts farm land at risk
The Economic Times Mon, 23 May 2005 8:33 AM PDT
NEW DELHI: Rapid growth in population growth is threatening Indian agriculture as the demand for food, which is expected to grow significantly, is degrading land faster, economic think tank NCAER has said.

Release No. 0176.05
USDA Mon, 23 May 2005 1:05 PM PDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 23, 2005-Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced that 1,156 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) contracts covering nearly 436,000 acres of farm and ranch land were approved for limited resource farmers and ranchers in fiscal year 2004 for a total of $18.3 million.

Wheat, Corn, Soybeans Surge as Weather Threatens U.S. Crops
Bloomberg.com Mon, 23 May 2005 12:01 PM PDT
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Wheat and corn prices in Chicago surged the most in almost a year, and soybeans gained, as unusually dry weather threatened U.S. crops from Texas to Michigan.

Wheat, Corn, Soybeans Surge as Weather Threatens U.S. Crops
Bloomberg.com Mon, 23 May 2005 11:46 AM PDT
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Wheat prices in Chicago surged the most in almost a year, and corn and soybeans rallied, as unusually dry weather threatened U.S. crops from Texas to Michigan, the nation's biggest growing region.

Bedding plants are eye-candy in a six-pack
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Tue, 24 May 2005 3:04 AM PDT
CEDAR FALLS --- Bedding plants are the next best thing to an instant garden.

Nebraska crop watchers continue conservation efforts of ancestors
Tri-State Neighbor Tue, 24 May 2005 6:34 AM PDT
A chance meeting in a soils class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the mid '70s led this couple to become fifth generation farmers in northeast Nebraska.

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Land degradation threatens agriculture: NCAER
The Hindu Mon, 23 May 2005 5:19 AM PDT
NEW DELHI: Rapid population growth is threatening the Indian agriculture as it has degraded land as demand for food is expected to grow significantly, economic think tank NCAER has said.

Boosting soil fertility the key to food security
Mail and Guardian Sun, 22 May 2005 10:29 PM PDT
Declining food production in Southern Africa has shifted the region's focus to improving small-scale farmers' access to agricultural inputs like fertilisers.

Have You Heard?
The Ledger Mon, 23 May 2005 3:09 AM PDT
NRCS ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE . . . The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service is seeking applications from landowners for the Wetlands Reserve Program. The program, established by the 1990 Farm Bill, is a voluntary program that provides technical and financial assistance to eligible landowners to address wetland,...

Hipsters, not hippies, get into organic clothing groove
AFP via Yahoo! News Sun, 22 May 2005 4:01 PM PDT
U2 megastar Bono is making it, supermodels are wearing it and elite designers are betting on it -- all in all, fairly good signs that ethical clothing may finally be evolving from hippie to hipster.

It's time to rake for progress
Independent Mon, 23 May 2005 5:33 AM PDT
Even a tiny bit of garden can be transformed into a wildlife haven.

Bedding plants are eye-candy in a six-pack
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Mon, 23 May 2005 3:04 AM PDT
CEDAR FALLS --- Bedding plants are the next best thing to an instant garden.

Leading U.S. Pediatrician Offers Top Seven Reasons Why Organic Milk Is Best Choice for Kids, Families
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 23 May 2005 7:00 AM PDT
Organic milk, produced without synthetic chemicals, hormones or antibiotics, is the best choice for kids and families, according to Dr. Alan Greene, one of the nation's leading pediatricians.

LOCAL NEWS from
Northwestern Mon, 23 May 2005 0:32 AM PDT
With the exception of water and salt, everything people eat starts with a plant. If something such as global warming impacts plants for better or worse it will ripple through the entire food chain, said University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh plant physiologist Robert Wise. Plants are the foundation.

SCOPE: Beijing farmers struggle as Chinese capital develops
Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News Sun, 22 May 2005 5:00 PM PDT
_ (EDS: ONE PHOTO WITH THIS STORY IS AVAIALABLE VIA E-MAIL. THE PHOTO ADVISORY IS TO MOVE, FOLLOWING THIS)

Shifting gears: McCutchenville senior slows pace but stays active
The Advertiser-Tribune Sun, 22 May 2005 9:27 PM PDT
A sign in Floyd Hohman's office says: "Still plays with Tractors," an appropriate description of the lifelong McCutchenville farmer. Farming, family and faith have been major forces in the life of the 68-year-old.

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Harrison County commissioners pledge financing
Times Leader Sat, 21 May 2005 6:21 PM PDT
HARRISON COUNTY Commissioners, despite enduring a severe financial crunch, made a $15,000 commitment to the county's Soil and Water Conservation Department at the group's weekly meeting at Cadiz.

Globes [online] - Ramat Hovav IDF training base city requires pollution solutions
Globes Online Sun, 22 May 2005 5:30 AM PDT
Prof. Avner Adin: Israel lacks sufficient trained personnel to operate its existing and planned wastewater treatment facilities.

Bedding plants are eye-candy in a six-pack
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Sun, 22 May 2005 4:25 AM PDT
CEDAR FALLS --- Bedding plants are the next best thing to an instant garden.

Brazilian crop boom threatens U.S. farms
Arizona Daily Star Sun, 22 May 2005 0:11 AM PDT
PETROVINA, Brazil - The six-seat Embraer airplane glides from a cloudless sky onto a red-dirt runway. Views of scrub-brush savanna stretching to the Amazon River give way to fields of 10-foot high

Plowing fields has become career field
Billings Gazette Sat, 21 May 2005 11:43 PM PDT
LAKELAND, Fla. - It has been five years since Bucky Day graduated early from Florida Southern College with a horticulture degree and he has yet to put his green thumb to use. A logistics analyst for Publix Super Markets Inc., Day orders houseware products for the grocery chain.

Cash infusion
The Journal News Sun, 22 May 2005 3:05 AM PDT
It's quiet except for the gentle breeze shaking the trees out of their winter slumber. The intermittent cackle of a rooster on this cloudless day interrupts the serenity of the moment but serves as a reminder that this is farm country.

Breathing easier in Bay State
Berkshire Eagle Sat, 21 May 2005 11:28 PM PDT
With the entire Empire State, 300 miles to Buffalo, just over the ridge to our east, Berkshire County rejoices in the news that New York will be adopting California's tough standards for motor vehicle emissions later this year.

'Organic clothing is better for the Earth'
Independent Online Sun, 22 May 2005 4:43 AM PDT
U2 frontman Bono is making it, supermodels are wearing it and elite designers are betting on it: organic clothing is definitely on the rise. Michelle Hoffman investigates...

Seeds of employment
The Japan Times Sat, 21 May 2005 4:49 PM PDT
This story is part of a package on firms moving in farming. To read the introduction, please click here . There, in the heart of the concrete jungle that is Tokyo's Otemachi financial district, in the second-floor basement abyss of a 27-story building, is nothing less than . . . a farm.

Shifting gears: McCutchenville senior slows pace but stays active
The Advertiser-Tribune Sat, 21 May 2005 9:12 PM PDT
A sign in Floyd Hohman's office says: "Still plays with Tractors," an appropriate description of the lifelong McCutchenville farmer. Farming, family and faith have been major forces in the life of the 68-year-old.

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State officials outline ag plan
Elkhart Truth Fri, 20 May 2005 10:48 PM PDT
MIDDLEBURY -- New Indiana agriculture officials hit the road and got some dirt on their shoes this week.

New Handicapped Fishing Pier at Pinckneyville City Lake
DuQuoin Evening Call Fri, 20 May 2005 9:52 PM PDT
Robert Spencer of the Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District and Commissioner Fred Pabst will travel to Springfield April 26 to discuss a $38,200 CDAP grant to build a handicapped fishing pier, parking spaces and a pavilion at City Lake. Work will begin this summer.

Georgia AG Finds SOD Fungus in Sample from Alpharetta Nursery
The Weekly Fri, 20 May 2005 12:06 PM PDT
ATLANTA (May 20) â€“ Georgia Department of Agriculture inspectors have found the fungus that causes Sudden Oak Death in a camellia shipment to a retail nursery in Alpharetta, Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin said today.

Lack of rain showing effects
Arkadelphia Daily Siftings Herald Fri, 20 May 2005 11:47 AM PDT
Southwest Arkansas is "unusually dry" according to National Weather Service senior forecaster John Lewis, and the effects are far-reaching. Arkadelphia Water Utilities has increased water production, and local agriculture is beginning to suffer.

BayouBuzz.com - Louisiana Politics and News
Bayou Buzz Fri, 20 May 2005 9:29 AM PDT
Dry conditions across the state continue to plague farmers and little rainfall is predicted in the near term as planting winds down for major Louisiana crops, Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Bob Odom said.

Water Crisis, Water Shortage, Water Wars
The Progress Report Sat, 21 May 2005 4:41 AM PDT
Do You have any natural resource rights, or should some people have the power of life and death over you? As the world's supply of drinkable water wanes, your answers become more urgent.

More sediment is entering rivers, but less makes its way to the sea
Science News Fri, 20 May 2005 2:31 PM PDT
About 20 kilometers southwest of New Orleans, one of the U.S. Geological Survey's benchmarks sits atop a concrete column that pokes above the waves about 5 meters from the shore of Couba Island.

Holmes named Agriculturist of the Year
Athens Review Online Fri, 20 May 2005 2:00 PM PDT
The Athens Chamber of Commerce named Rex Holmes the 2005 Agriculturist of the Year this week as the finale of the 42nd annual Henderson County Farm and Ranch Tour.

A ProMED-mail post ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
SeedQuest Fri, 20 May 2005 7:25 AM PDT
Tuber troubles, record number of potatoes, but who will eat them?

News tips: NASA presentations at Annual 2005 Joint Assembly Meeting
EurekAlert! Fri, 20 May 2005 2:26 PM PDT
NASA and NASA-funded scientists from will present findings on a variety of Earth and space science topics at the 2005 Joint Assembly Meeting, to be held at the Morial Convention Center, in New Orleans, La., May 23-27, 2005. The press room is located in room 235.

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Agriculture In Garrett County "Moving Ahead"
Republican Thu, 19 May 2005 10:46 AM PDT
Agriculture in Garrett County is moving ahead, charging forward, Cheryl DeBerry, Garrett County Department of Economic Development, told the commissioners this week during a departmental update.

Soil Fertility Needs to Be Focus in Africa
Ag Report Thu, 19 May 2005 12:50 PM PDT
JOHANNESBURG - May 19/05 - IRIN -- Declining food production in Southern Africa has shifted the region's focus to improving small-scale farmers' access to agricultural inputs like fertilizers.

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Boosting soil fertility key to food security
IRIN Thu, 19 May 2005 10:49 AM PDT
JOHANNESBURG, 19 May 2005 (IRIN) - Declining food production in Southern Africa has shifted the region's focus to improving small-scale farmers' access to agricultural inputs like fertilisers.

State begins Gypsy Moth treatments
The Beacon News Fri, 20 May 2005 1:53 AM PDT
The Illinois Department of Agriculture began its 2005 Gypsy Moth treatment program May 18. Helicopters applied BTK to treatment sites in DuPage County. Impacted areas include parts of Addison, Glen Ellyn, Lombard, Glendale Heights, Wheaton and the Morton Arboretum.

Farming
Daily Dispatch Thu, 19 May 2005 10:42 PM PDT
Report and pictures by Wilberforce Ndoda MNQUMA - MEC for Agriculture Gugile Nkwinti urged those attending his department's outreach programme here to go back to tilling the land for food. Nkwinti made this call in response to complaints by villag...

New Handicapped Fishing Pier at Pinckneyville City Lake
DuQuoin Evening Call Thu, 19 May 2005 11:23 AM PDT
Robert Spencer of the Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District and Commissioner Fred Pabst will travel to Springfield April 26 to discuss a $38,200 CDAP grant to build a handicapped fishing pier, parking spaces and a pavilion at City Lake. Work will begin this summer.

Brazil poses growing threat to U.S. farmers
Macon Telegraph Fri, 20 May 2005 3:12 AM PDT
RONDONOPOLIS, Brazil - (KRT) - On Big Farming's last frontier, the methods are basic - even crude. Farmers buy land by pledging to produce bags of soybeans in return.

Abdullah Takes Boat Cruise At Rotterdam Harbour
Bernama Fri, 20 May 2005 5:08 AM PDT
ROTTERDAM, May 20 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his entourage were taken on a boat cruise at the Rotterdam Harbour here Friday.

Lubbock, Texas May 19, 2005
SeedQuest Thu, 19 May 2005 4:25 PM PDT
A collaborative corn breeding project under way at the Texas A&M University System Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Lubbock is paving the way for hardy, stress-resistant corns that yield well under demanding growing conditions.

Finding a Mate for Lonesome George
RedNova Fri, 20 May 2005 3:02 AM PDT
Will DNA data banks help find a mate for Lonesome George (Geochelone nigra abingdonii), the last known remaining tortoise from Pinta Island in the Galpagos? Genetic sequencing has revolutionized biology.

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Pakrasi heads DOE 'Grand Challenge'
News from Washington University in St. Louis (press release) - Saint Louis,Washington,USA
... between microbes and their environment, to how microorganisms influence Earth's soil and water ... University professor of electrical and systems science. ...

Recent Bioswell System Reduces Lagoon Pollution
Daily Nexus - USA
... a Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management ... as nutrients that are normally found in the soil.". ... could spread to other parts of the environment. ...

Envirothon competition wraps up - Kenmare takes top honors
Valley City Times Record - Valley City,ND,USA
... Team Advisor Joelle Hansen, Science Teacher at Kenmare ... by the Divide County Soil Conservation District ... the most about our natural resources and the environment. ...

Gardening by folklore has its merits
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... Actually, that one offers as much good science as horse sense ... moon impacts the movement of moisture in soil and plants ... But I think your macro environment is more ...

UT researchers growing special plants to detect danger
WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA
... are great because they have to respond to the environment. ... die," says Dr. Neal Stewart, a plant science expert ... would glow if they detect explosives in the soil. ...

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... soil science environment. Central Minnesota news and notes Agri News - MN,USA ...
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Manitoba Special Crop Seeding Underway
Ag Report Wed, 18 May 2005 8:13 AM PDT
WINNIPEG - May 18/05 - SNS -- Manitoba Agriculture, Food And Rural Initiatives says there are no indications from farmers in the province that this year's spring wheat and barley acres will change much from last year because of expectations of lower average prices in 2005-06.

Urbana, Illinois May 18, 2005
SeedQuest Wed, 18 May 2005 7:25 AM PDT
Two University of Illinois researchers are betting farmers can increase their profits and protect the environment at the same time by using precision agriculture techniques in applying nitrogen fertilizer to their fields.

Awe Marks Mount St. Helens Anniversary
AP via Yahoo! News Thu, 19 May 2005 4:56 AM PDT
Hundreds of tourists, foresters and government officials reflected with humility and awe Wednesday on the 25th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, which killed 57 people and turned day to night across eastern Washington.

Science: What's Below is As Important to Life As What's Above
RedNova Wed, 18 May 2005 10:07 AM PDT
Creatures, such as worms and mites, help prevent erosion and stabilize the soil. WASHINGTON -- Scientists whose job is to grub around in mud and dirt say that what lies hidden under the ground is as important to life as what can be seen above the Earth's surface.

New Handicapped Fishing Pier at Pinckneyville City Lake
DuQuoin Evening Call Wed, 18 May 2005 12:53 PM PDT
Robert Spencer of the Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District and Commissioner Fred Pabst will travel to Springfield April 26 to discuss a $38,200 CDAP grant to build a handicapped fishing pier, parking spaces and a pavilion at City Lake. Work will begin this summer.

Release No. 0171.05
USDA Wed, 18 May 2005 10:50 AM PDT
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., May 18, 2005--Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced $863,114 in federal grants to 13 organizations for Urban and Community Forestry. The organizations will match those funds with an additional $1,001,533.

Organic Food Pioneer Paul Keene Dies at 94
Washington Post Thu, 19 May 2005 3:39 AM PDT
Paul Keene, 94, one of the founders of the U.S. organic food movement, died April 23 at Messiah Village Nursing Home in Mechanicsburg, Pa., not far from the farm where he launched the modern commercial market for natural foods. No cause of death was reported.

Milestone â€کof an act of Godâ€™ at St. Helens
MSNBC Wed, 18 May 2005 7:31 PM PDT
Hundreds of tourists, foresters and dignitaries reflected with humility and awe Wednesday on the 25th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, a blast that devastated the landscape, killed 57 people and turned day to night in Washington state.

Marshes Tell Story Of Medieval Drought, Little Ice Age, And European Settlers Near NYC
Science Daily Thu, 19 May 2005 4:04 AM PDT
Sediment layers from a tidal marsh in the Hudson River Estuary provide great details on the area's climate. They have preserved pollen from plants, seeds, and other materials. These past remnants allowed researchers from Columbia University, New York, N.Y. and NASA to see evidence of a 500 year drought from 800 A.D. to 1300 A.D., the passing of the Little Ice Age and the impacts of European

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AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS' FOR BETTER SEEDING PRACTICES
Press Information Bureau (press release) - India
... of seeds/seedling planting; optimum moisture content in the soil; spacing between ... The farmers may complain or contact to the Agriculture Department officials ...

Consider nitrogen availability before replanting corn
Agriculture Online - USA
... applied this spring or leached it deep enough into the soil to be ... Richard Ferguson, soils specialist in the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural ...

Bowles receives BS degree from UK College of Agriculture
Ledger Independent - Maysville,KY,USA
Christina graduated Summa Cum Laude with a double major, Bachelor of Science in Plant and Soil Science and Agriculture Education and minor in Animal Science. ...

State announces 20-year plan for Indiana ag
Monticello Herald Journal - Monticello,IN,USA
... took office resulted in the formation of the Indiana Department of Agriculture (ISDA), which also encompasses entities such as the Division of Soil Conservation ...

IGA vote sends stable decision to county board
Oneonta Daily Star - Oneonta,NY,USA
... of its authority would pass to the state Department of Agriculture and Markets ... to preserve valuable farmland." Khala-Marr Stables sits on excellent soil, he said ...

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