Receives grant
The Messenger Wed, 08 Jun 2005 6:07 AM PDT
The University of Tennessee at Martin recently was awarded three grants totaling $252,000 from the Southern Region Sustainable Ag Research and Education program, the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center through United States Department of Agriculture and the Soybean Checkoff Research Fund. |
Warm weather welcome for crops
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Wed, 08 Jun 2005 3:06 AM PDT
OELWEIN --- Soybean planting is all but finished in Iowa, and farmers say the crop is off to a good start. Monday's U.S. Department of Agriculture Crops and Weather Report said only 3 percent of the state's soybean acres still need to be planted. |
Iswardi tops in lichi production, price encourages growers
News From Bangladesh Tue, 07 Jun 2005 6:44 PM PDT
PABNA, June 7:–Cultivation of lichi, sweet juicy summer fruit, has gained popularity in the district as the growers found it profitable, reports UNB. Agriculture officials said growers harvested lichi worth Tk 35 crore this season when Iswardi upazila topped in production. |
Mont. to Fight Spread of Noxious Weeds
AP via Yahoo! News Tue, 07 Jun 2005 6:07 PM PDT
They infest a portion of Montana the size of Florida and Arkansas combined, and go by names like tansy ragwort, yellow toadflax and houndstongue. One species, knapweed, takes an estimated $42 million economic toll on the state every year. |
Residents Learn How To Eradicate Coqui Frogs
KITV TheHawaiiChannel.com via Yahoo! News Tue, 07 Jun 2005 2:00 PM PDT
Some Oahu residents are taking the battle against noisy coqui frogs into their own hands. The non-native pests make deafening calls and eradicating them is difficult and costly for the state. |
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Maine Today Wed, 08 Jun 2005 5:41 AM PDT
It's been a tough start for farmers who subsidize their incomes selling produce in open-air markets, and for Maine consumers who like to get their hands on freshly picked fruits, vegetables and herbs. |
Mother Nature, input costs challenge nation's wheat farmers
Midwest Messenger Wed, 08 Jun 2005 6:23 AM PDT
BRADY, Mont. - Gary Gollehon has a national interest in wheat and keeps tabs on the nation's wheat crop through regular contact with wheat farmers in the Northern Plains and Midwest, sharing their challenges and concerns. |
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