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. |
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 doesn’t need to be a costly, time-consuming process. It’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 |
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