Energy, agriculture products grow heavy on farmers’ wallets
Northwestern Thu, 12 May 2005 1:49 AM PDT
The cost of gas is proving especially painful for area farmers who are watching prices peak just as they are trying to get their crops in the ground. In February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected U.S. farmers would spend $8.2 billion on fuel this year, 21 percent more than in 2003. |
It’s time governments encouraged organic farming
The Community Press Wed, 11 May 2005 3:16 PM PDT
The money being offered to farmers to assist them with this year’s growing season is not intended to be a long-term solution. Federal Minister of Agriculture Andy Mitchell stated recently, “It is absolutely essential that we pursue transformative change in the agricultural industry.†|
The CPI grant recipients and award amounts are:
USDA Wed, 11 May 2005 7:50 AM PDT
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2005-Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today awarded $1 million to eight entities through the Conservation Partnership Initiative (CPI), a voluntary program designed to foster conservation partnerships and fund projects that focus technical and financial resources on conservation priorities in watersheds and other geographic areas of environmental sensitivity. |
Volunteers save cactuses from bulldozers
The Arizona Republic Thu, 12 May 2005 3:02 AM PDT
Shovel, heavy gloves, correction fluid. The small band of volunteers was armed and ready for the thorny business of rescuing cactuses. Robin Bukovina stormed the ramparts, making a beeline for the signature plant of the Sonoran Desert. |
Planting goes high-tech
Aurora News-Register Thu, 12 May 2005 5:29 AM PDT
After early rains and unseasonably cold weather delayed the start of spring corn planting in much of Hamilton County, an extended dry spell and warm temperatures have combined to allow farmers to play catch-up as they enter the home stretch of the planting season. |
cargo's rising tide
Sun-Sentinel Thu, 12 May 2005 0:17 AM PDT
Two-day trade show highlights growth, challenges of ocean trade. Ocean trade is growing so fast across the Americas that seaports, railways, roads and other transport systems need to be expanded fast to handle the soaring cargo traffic. |
An acre under glass
The Journal News Thu, 12 May 2005 3:05 AM PDT
Confirming its standing as one of the premiere public gardens in the world, the New York Botanical Garden on Saturday will open the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections, a network of eight growing zones that comprise nearly an acre under glass for research, propagation and display. |
Grain futures mostly lower
Kansas City Star Thu, 12 May 2005 0:13 AM PDT
Kansas City wheat and Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures prices closed mostly lower Wednesday in a technical setback from Tuesday's gains. Kansas City Value Line stock-index futures advanced. |
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