Agriculture's diversification
Financial Express Sun, 31 Jul 2005 8:47 PM PDT
THERE was a time when Bangladesh had no requirement to import oilseeds or cooking oil, pulses and spices. Now, huge quantities of the same have to be imported on a regular basis because domestic production of the same have sharply declined due to monocropping or largely cereal production. |
Time is ripe for Milford-area gardeners
Delaware State News Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:19 PM PDT
MILFORD — The dew is still on the lawn most mornings when Rodman Mills, 87, ambles out to his garden. Although he's long-since retired from farming, Mr. Mills is still a sturdy man. And he still loves working with his hands and the soil. |
Governors given Alro's job Bid to improve land distribution scheme
Bangkok Post Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:31 AM PDT
Chon Buri _ Frustrated by the Agricultural Land Reform Office's slow progress in reclaiming agricultural land from influential figures, Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Newin Chidchob yesterday announced that the task would be taken over by provincial governors and district chiefs. |
USDA to extend program contracts
Waxahachie Daily Light Sun, 31 Jul 2005 1:13 PM PDT
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation has announced that farmers and ranchers with certain Conservation Reserve Program contracts expiring this year may extend their contracts for one year. |
News
Palatka Daily News Mon, 01 Aug 2005 4:17 AM PDT
SATSUMA - Although there are only a handful of grape growers in Putnam County, they have all found markets for their fruit. |
Horse, mule farming making a comeback
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Mon, 01 Aug 2005 2:48 AM PDT
The Small Farmer’s Journal is a presence at horse and mule plowing exhibitions in Rock Creek, Ore., as Larry White turns his team of mules. |
Sowing seeds
The Pueblo Chieftain Online Mon, 01 Aug 2005 6:50 AM PDT
ROCKY FORD - Surrounded by crops grown with state-of-the-art techniques, supported by more than a century of scientific research, the supervisor of the Colorado State University Arkansas Valley Research Center still clings to his roots. Briefly interrupting a tour of the center, Mike Bartolo bent to pluck a large weed and tossed it unceremoniously in the dirt. “I can’t help it,†Bartolo said with |
Horse power
Missoulian Mon, 01 Aug 2005 0:01 AM 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. |
Kazakhstan July, 2005
SeedQuest Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:25 AM PDT
The soft-spoken Meiram Sagymbayev recalls last year’s harvest, when his hundred hectare, zero-tilled plot had the highest wheat yield in Akmola county. |
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