THE PILOT LIGHT: County Budget Preview Monday
Southern Pines Pilot Sun, 01 May 2005 4:26 AM PDT
The Moore County Board of Commissioners will get a budget preview Monday during a planning session preceding the regular board meeting. County Manager Steve Wyatt will open the session at 8:30 a.m. with the budget report. The planning session will be held at the Agriculture Center. |
Uphill struggle when costs of fuel go through the barn roof
The Des Moines Register Sun, 01 May 2005 6:31 AM PDT
Everywhere they turn, farmers face sticker shock: more than $100 for a bag of genetically engineered, chemically treated seed corn, $4,000 per acre for prime farm ground, more than $100,000 for a new, large tractor, and twice as much for a new combine. |
Demystifying controversy surrounding plant
Santa Cruz Sentinel Sun, 01 May 2005 5:12 AM PDT
WATSONVILLE — George Washington grew it. And so did Thomas Jefferson. It’s hemp, and now Watsonville organic strawberry farmer Vanessa Bogenholm would like to grow it as a profitable cover crop when her berries are not in season — and she took her case to Sacramento on Wednesday. |
Helping Hand for Nature
InsideBayArea Sun, 01 May 2005 6:21 AM PDT
AT LUNDBERG FAMILY FARMS here in the middle of California's rice belt, it's not the rice that matters most right about now, or even the forecast for the coming water year, which looks fine. |
Abundance of poisons, shortage of monitoring
Palm Beach Post Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:36 PM PDT
The biggest difference between California and Florida tomatoes isn't taste or price but the amount of pesticides used to grow them. In California, farmers use an average of 51 pounds of pesticides to produce an acre of tomatoes, according to federal statistics. |
Warm weather signals time for food poisoning
Detroit News Sun, 01 May 2005 0:01 AM PDT
Disease detectives say they are seeing welcome progress in tracking down some of the deadliest food-borne pathogens after several spectacular outbreaks in recent years. |
More cows than people?
Post-Tribune Sun, 01 May 2005 2:32 AM PDT
More cows than people? More than 2,500 children paraded around Fair Oaks Dairy Adventure, enjoying a free egg hunt on Easter weekend. Neighbor Tom Turnpaugh could only growl. |
Wheels come off in Zimbabwe
Independent Online Sun, 01 May 2005 5:43 AM PDT
Just weeks after a disputed national poll returned President Robert Mugabe to power, Zimbabwe is falling further into economic meltdown amid a crippling shortage of foreign currency. |
Earth Day
Freeport Journal Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:24 PM PDT
Martha Ebbesmeyer dumped a big trash bag full of garbage out on a table as a room full of first graders watched. "I want all of you to know that in your trash at home are many items that can either be recycled or reused," Ebbesmeyer said to the students. |
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