Agricultural futures - 18 May 2005
Business Report Tue, 17 May 2005 9:17 PM PDT
Johannesburg - Maize prices in South Africa rose on concern cold weather will reduce the maize crop in the US. About 41 percent of the US crop had emerged from the soil as of yesterday, less than the five-year average of 48 percent, the US department of agriculture said yesterday in a report. |
Broken region of Darfur facing 'inevitable' famine
USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News Wed, 18 May 2005 3:28 AM PDT
The transformation of rain from blessing to curse illustrates how much life has changed since civil war broke out two years ago, destroying hundreds of farming villages, killing tens of thousands of people, and driving a third of Darfuris into camps like the one here. Darfur, a region usually self-sufficient even in the worst of times, can no longer feed itself. |
New Handicapped Fishing Pier at Pinckneyville City Lake
DuQuoin Evening Call Tue, 17 May 2005 1:23 PM PDT
Robert Spencer of the Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District and Commissioner Fred Pabst will travel to Springfield April 26 to discuss a $38,200 CDAP grant to build a handicapped fishing pier, parking spaces and a pavilion at City Lake. Work will begin this summer. |
Farmers turn efforts to soybean planting
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Wed, 18 May 2005 3:18 AM PDT
PLAINFIELD --- Corn planting is all but finished in Northeast Iowa, but persistent spring rains and saturated soils will keep farmers from getting done with soybeans any time soon. |
Taking root in Jamaica
Sun-Sentinel Wed, 18 May 2005 0:20 AM PDT
Caribbean farmers find growing, marketing organic crops a tough row to hoe. St. Mary, Jamaica آ· For small farmers in the Caribbean islands, the choice seems obvious: Organic fruits and vegetables command higher prices than crops grown with synthetic pesticides. |
IGA vote sends stable decision to county board
The Daily Star Wed, 18 May 2005 5:03 AM PDT
COOPERSTOWN Otsego County’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee voted Tuesday to add 53 parcels, including Khala-Marr Stables of Otego, to agricultural districts in the county. |
Decision to farm came easily to southeastern South Dakota brothers
Iowa Farmer Wed, 18 May 2005 7:01 AM PDT
The decision to farm was an easy one for Bill Hansen and his brother, Scott, of Centerville, S.D. "My dad farmed all of his life and he, at that time, needed help. We had a lot of livestock on hand then," Bill Hansen said. "The machinery of course wasn't nearly as big back at that time. |
Residents, growers look forward to
Benton Evening News Wed, 18 May 2005 6:38 AM PDT
Area growers and residents are readying their taste buds for the annual Farmers Market, which opens Thursday on the northeast corner of the Benton Public Square. |
'Bag of Woad' program faces monetary woes
Idaho State Journal Wed, 18 May 2005 6:45 AM PDT
POCATELLO - Bannock County has spent its Bag of Woad budget for the year, and then some. Officials were paying $10 for every 40 pounds of Dyer's woad brought to the landfill beginning May 9 in an effort to stamp out the noxious weed. |
Acculturation and our Gutter Garbage complex
News From Bangladesh Wed, 18 May 2005 5:42 AM PDT
The only problem however, we have till this day not been able to shed off our alarmist doomsday mindset that gets unduly activated, as we are not in the habit of doing our homework’s right. |
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