State soil testing lab improves efficiency
Bladen Journal Fri, 12 Aug 2005 7:59 AM PDT
The Soil Testing Section of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services analyzed 314,000 samples for state residents in fiscal year 2005. This is the second largest volume in the lab's 60-year history and the third time that sample numbers have exceeded 300,000 in the last six years. |
Midwest witnesses growing drought
The Des Moines Register Sat, 13 Aug 2005 2:14 AM PDT
Withered plants, cracked soil and, everywhere, dust: Eastern Iowa farmers say they haven't seen this severe a drought for 17 years. Read about the effects of the drought in the Iowa Agriculture section. |
Ag Secretary candidate Peterson pushing economic growth
Charles City Press Fri, 12 Aug 2005 9:51 AM PDT
A Webster County man is campaigning for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture on an issue familiar to Floyd County. Democratic candidate Eddie Peterson said economic development was his top priority during an interview in Charles City on Tuesday, en route to a community event in Cresco. |
Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions: Contribution of Bangladesh
News From Bangladesh Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:16 AM PDT
Since the advent of the industrial revolution in the 1700s, humans have devised many inventions that burn fossil fuels. Burning these fossil fuels, as well as other activities such as clearing land for agriculture, or urban settlements, releases some of the gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. |
Niger Struggles to Find Hunger Solutions
AP via Yahoo! News Fri, 12 Aug 2005 2:30 PM PDT
When aid workers pack up after dealing with the hunger emergency in Niger and other nations along the Sahara, leaders will be left struggling to find lasting solutions to the chronic lack of food in much of Africa. |
Darrell Blackwelder column: Prepare now for fall yard work
Salisbury Post Sat, 13 Aug 2005 5:06 AM PDT
Generally, early August is the time to prepare for lawn renovation in September. September is the best time to fertilize and reseed fescue or cool season lawns in Rowan County; however certain preparations now will make the renovation process more successful. |
Obituaries for Sat. August 13, 2005 Search by Name: Year:
Portsmouth Herald Sat, 13 Aug 2005 6:23 AM PDT
HAMPTON - Nora Eileen Mills Durman, 101, of Esker Road and formerly of Saginaw, Mich., Venice, Fla., and Sarasota Fla., died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Jane and John Adams, in Hampton. |
Horse power
Missoulian Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:46 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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