Volcanic rock dust therapy for soil
The Star Online Sat, 28 May 2005 5:12 PM PDT
VOLCANIC rock dust and a bacteria-based soil conditioner may soon become indispensable in the Malaysian agricultural sector. |
Consider soil type when choosing tree for planting
The Advertiser-Tribune Sat, 28 May 2005 9:27 PM PDT
Every year various trees are put on display to grab the attention of consumers who want to fill an empty void in their yards. With so many varieties available, selecting the appropriate tree can be difficult. |
Early Jewish farmers try their hand in a hardscrabble land
Salt Lake Tribune Sun, 29 May 2005 2:20 AM PDT
Picture this, because it is here that one of the largest Jewish agrarian colonies west of the Appalachian Mountains stood ground and failed, but not for lack of trying. It is marginal land: sparse trees, low-hugging sagebrush; grass, thin, more lean than green and earth more dirt than soil, much of it unyielding. |
Food processors under scrutiny
The Fresno Bee Sun, 29 May 2005 6:03 AM PDT
The industry's wastewater disposal is a concern. Wineries, cheese-makers and hundreds of other food processors each year pour billions of gallons of rank wastewater onto open fields with little oversight. |
Where is all the rain?
The Monitor Sun, 29 May 2005 3:52 AM PDT
McCOOK - The grain sorghum on Larry and Jim Sklossت¼ western Hidalgo County farm was planted in mid-February and should be 4 feet tall by now.... |
Family likely to leave farm after four generations
Kansas City Star Sun, 29 May 2005 0:19 AM PDT
KATHRYN, N.D. — The Sheyenne River wriggles lazily through eastern North Dakota, cutting a scenic, shallow valley that briefly interrupts the flatlands of the Northern Great Plains stretching hundreds of miles westward toward the Rocky Mountains. |
California wineries soak up Iowa ag lessons
The Des Moines Register Sun, 29 May 2005 2:09 AM PDT
Lots of labor: Fred Peterson inspects vines in the Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma County, Calif. He owns Peterson Winery north of Healdsburg, Calif. TITLE: Executive director of United Wine Growers for Sonoma County since 1986. |
Trillions of fire ants ... one Tim Davis
The State Sun, 29 May 2005 0:06 AM PDT
Tim Davis didn’t know what to do. A seemingly crazed man driving beside him started honking the car horn. The horn kept honking as the driver pulled in front of Davis’ vehicle, then back beside it. |
Fetzer Wine Garden Earns Gold at Chelsea
Ukiah Daily Journal Sat, 28 May 2005 11:07 PM PDT
LONDON The Fetzer Wine Garden created by Fetzer Valley Oaks gardener Kate Frey joined a small list of elite show gardens in earning a gold medal from the Royal Horticultural Society at the Chelsea Flower Show, considered the most influential gardening exhibition worldwide. |
Fostoria's tree population: mostly maple
The Advertiser-Tribune Sat, 28 May 2005 9:27 PM PDT
FOSTORIA - Fostoria's city property has mostly maple trees. This is information from a study done in April 1996, said Street Department Superintendent Eric Keckler. |
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