Switchgrass also portects soil, wildlife
Pittsburgh Live Sat, 14 May 2005 9:07 PM PDT
Five of the 100 acres on Ray and Dorothy Butz's farm in Unity Township, near Crabtree, weren't suitable for raising feed crops for beef cattle. |
Teacher harvests rewards of hard work
Peoria Journal Star Sun, 15 May 2005 1:11 AM PDT
DELAVAN - Midway through the 1976-77 school year, Richard Lessen agreed to fill in as an agriculture teacher in Delavan. At the time, Lessen said, he figured he'd finish out the year replacing a teacher who had quit to become a farmer and then move on to do something else with his life. |
Terrace data has promise Facts limited on marsh-saving plan
2theadvocate.com Sat, 14 May 2005 10:48 PM PDT
Although building terraces in coastal waters has become a more popular coastal restoration technique, little is known about how effective that technique is, said Andy Nyman, assistant professor in the school of renewable natural resources with LSU and LSU Agriculture Center. |
Councils urged to offer rates incentives to retain farming areas
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Sat, 14 May 2005 7:37 PM PDT
An expert in land use planning has suggested councils offer rates incentives to farmers to keep them in agriculture. Ian Sinclair, who advises groups including councils and New South Wales farmers, says primary producers are facing pressure from non-farmers who move into farming districts. |
Muslim Brotherhood Feels Homeland Pressure
AP via Yahoo! News Sat, 14 May 2005 2:55 PM PDT
Prayers were over. A protest began. In an instant, the mosque was transformed: the gentle rhythms of worship replaced by the raw anger of dissent. |
Grassroots
The Des Moines Register Sun, 15 May 2005 2:10 AM PDT
The Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers worked with more than 240 families in its first year of operation, coalition leaders said. |
Farmland management
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Sun, 15 May 2005 2:44 AM PDT
Howard Halderman, left, is president of Halderman Farm Management, and his brother, Richard, is vice president. Dennis McKillip, a farm operator for Halderman Farm Management, sprays herbicide on a soybean field north of Wabash. |
Plowing Fields Has Become a Career Field
The Ledger Sun, 15 May 2005 3:10 AM PDT
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. But if he can tough out a few more years of forks and batteries, then he'll likely... |
Working hand-in-land
Daytona Beach News-Journal Sun, 15 May 2005 0:02 AM PDT
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Bob Jontes has lived enough years on his Samsula farm to be able to see beyond the new houses and modern subdivisions and recall what once was. |
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