Acidifying Soil Helps Plant Remove Cadmium, Zinc Metals
Agricultural Research Magazine Tue, 14 Jun 2005 7:40 AM PDT
Acidifying cadmium-contaminated soil can help a plant called alpine pennycress to remove even more cadmium and zinc from contaminated soil, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and cooperating scientists report. |
Farm youth groups finding fertile soil in big cities
Ohio News Network Tue, 14 Jun 2005 9:55 PM PDT
DAYTON, Ohio -- In a neighborhood plagued by boarded-up homes, drug deals and drive-by shootings, 11-year-old Tiarra Comer pads along a path in a small wooded area and crosses a creek until she comes into a clearing. |
To stay in business, farmers in Miss-Lou
The Natchez Democrat Tue, 14 Jun 2005 9:49 PM PDT
The latest battles in the farming world aren't just taking place in the fields or in the markets - they're in the labs. No change has affected agriculture as drastically in the last few years as genetically engineered crops that are more resistant to pesticides. |
Putting the 'O' in grow By Laura Cook
Turlock Journal Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:09 PM PDT
We've gone organic. The popularity of farming fruits, vegetables, and nuts organically has hit Stanislaus County. According to Dan Bernaciak, deputy commission sealer for the department of agriculture, five farmers in Stanislaus County applied to grow organically in 2004 and three so far in 2005. |
Farmers hope for more rain to boost crops
Canoe Wed, 15 Jun 2005 0:04 AM PDT
After a cool, dry May, London-area farmers are praying for a wet, warm June to boost their crops -- and a boost in grain and oilseeds prices. "There are some areas north of London that are as dry as dry can be," said Peter Johnson, crop specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. |
Scientists study impact of manure, commercial fertilizer on atmosphere
Prairie Star Wed, 15 Jun 2005 6:00 AM PDT
West central Minnesota may not seem like your hot spot for greenhouse gas emissions - yet many scientists believe that rural areas hold some of the keys to reducing atmospheric gases that potentially hold in the sun's energy and warm this little planet called Earth. |
Study: Lakes face major pollution from fertilizer, manure
Daytona Beach News-Journal Wed, 15 Jun 2005 0:47 AM PDT
MADISON, Wis. -- Farmers' routine application of chemical fertilizers and manure to the land poses a far greater environmental problem to freshwater lakes than previously thought, potentially polluting the water for hundreds of years, according to new research. |
Organic farm takes root near Simms
Great Falls Tribune Wed, 15 Jun 2005 4:01 AM PDT
SIMMS As Jan Boyle putters about one of her two greenhouses or in the middle of a sizable garden plot, she talks to her friends and gives them words of encouragement and love. |
Horse power
Missoulian Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:16 PM PDT
SISTERS, Ore. - If the thought of a farmer patiently working his field behind a plow and horses floods you with pangs of nostalgia, take heart. It's on the rebound. |
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