Drought attacks Midwest crops
Billings Gazette Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:52 PM PDT
When Brad Temple surveys the 1,000 acres of fertile soil he farms near Serena in northern Illinois these days, he finds himself confronted with wilting corn stalks, insatiable insects and cracks in the earth so big "you can stick your whole hand down in them." |
Webster County farmer makes run for top ag post
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Wed, 27 Jul 2005 3:22 AM PDT
HARCOURT --- Iowa's agriculture machine isn't broken, but a Harcourt farmer says it could use a good tune-up. Eddie Peterson recently announced plans to run for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. |
Opinion
AG Weekly Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:04 PM PDT
Humanity's future in a Kansas field? As I drove here from Kansas City (to Salinas), rain fell nearly all the way and pooled in wide fields of crops. Eventually the water would run off, carrying away precious top soil and leeching chemical fertilizers into the ecosystem. |
Rapid City Journal: USDA to extend some CRP contracts
Rapid City Journal Tue, 26 Jul 2005 9:23 PM PDT
WASHINGTON Farmers and ranchers with certain Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, contracts expiring this year may extend their contracts for one year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation, or CCC. |
UA studies underground irrigation
KVOA Tucson Tue, 26 Jul 2005 9:49 AM PDT
A University of Arizona study of underground drip irrigation could help farmers save water and increase crop yields, researchers say. According to the state Department of Water Resources, agriculture accounts for about 70 percent of Arizona's water use. |
Planting Is a Form of Protest for Some Gush Katif Farmers
Crosswalk.com Wed, 27 Jul 2005 7:03 AM PDT
Gush Katif, Gaza Strip (CNSNews.com) - Farmers in the Jewish settlement bloc of Gush Katif are planting and tending their crops, even though they may not be around to harvest some of those crops when the time comes. |
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