ROLLA PERSONS, The Foxtail: Warmer soil will be improve crops
The Herald-Press Tue, 10 May 2005 5:28 AM PDT
As of May 4, the temperature of bare soil at 4 inches was 45 degrees. The soil temperature has been in the mid to upper forties since April 22. A soil temperature below 55 degrees makes germination and plant growth very difficult. |
Cold causes crop concern
The Advertiser-Tribune Mon, 09 May 2005 9:27 PM PDT
The chilly temperatures recently could create an opportunity for cold weather blight for planted corn and soybeans, an agriculture expert says. |
Green(back) acres
Wasilla's Frontiersman Tue, 10 May 2005 6:03 AM PDT
MAT-SU - Much of the best farm fields in Alaska are located around Palmer. The soil is deeper and richer than just about anywhere else in the state and grows enough vegetables and potatoes to fill grocery stores and farmers' markets throughout Southcentral. |
U.S. Microbics CEO Discusses Growth Strategy in Online Interview with AudioStocks.com
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 10 May 2005 6:15 AM PDT
U.S. Microbics, Inc. announced today that Robert Brehm, CEO was selected by AudioStocks.com, a financial information portal targeted at industry professionals and interested investors, to be interviewed because of recent market interest, as well as growing public interest in its environmental products and services which provide clean water and soil to a growing list of domestic and international |
CROP PROGRESS
WAND Mon, 09 May 2005 6:16 PM PDT
(AP) Illinois farmers are nearly finished planting the 2005 corn crop. The state Agriculture Statistics Service says 94 percent of the crop is planted. That's on pace with last year's planting and well ahead of the five-year average of 78 percent for the end of May's first week. |
Spear recalls brush with death in Cuba
CubaNet Mon, 09 May 2005 4:56 PM PDT
NOBLEBORO - Inside a tidy ranch home high on a ridge, Maine Agriculture Commissioner Robert Spear sits on a blue sofa, his right arm swathed in bandages and resting high on a pillow. He's looking out a picture window into his vegetable fields across the street. |
Sludge plan really is a load of poop
Hampton Roads Daily Press Mon, 09 May 2005 8:31 AM PDT
This is my dream: To visit Congress and hand a carrot to every senator, every representative, and tell them these babies were grown in farm soil fertilized with Isle of Wight's finest poop. |
Ag Lab creation helps your garden grow
Peoria Journal Star Tue, 10 May 2005 6:32 AM PDT
PEORIA - What started in a Peoria laboratory is spreading around the world, saving water and increasing yields. The starch-based "super slurper" technology, first discovered at the Ag Lab in the 1970s, is finding other uses besides disposable diapers and keeping baseball infields dry. |
Marcus, Iowa, crop watcher raises non-GMO crops
Tri-State Neighbor Tue, 10 May 2005 6:34 AM PDT
Situated on 400 acres near Marcus, Iowa, Tom Bindner's farm has been going strong since 1964 - the place has been in the family since his great-grandfather homesteaded it. |
| |
|
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home