Watershed specialist selected for OAS-Fulbright ecology programme
The Jamaica Observer Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:27 PM PDT
DONNA Lowe, watershed and soil conservation officer at the Forestry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, has won a scholarship under the OAS-Fulbright Ecology Programme administered by the United States Embassy in Kingston. |
Mindanao agriculture (2)
Manila Bulletin Thu, 25 Aug 2005 9:36 AM PDT
THE Mindanao Investment forum published a brochure on the nine priority industries and a directory of buyers and suppliers, both of them excellent pieces of work which are available from the Department of Agriculture. |
British farmers putting down roots in Estonia
International Herald Tribune Fri, 26 Aug 2005 7:04 AM PDT
The newcomers discovered that if they cleared the soil and worked it, the local government would give it to them more or less for free. |
KAP president to press feds for aid
Brandon Sun Fri, 26 Aug 2005 6:49 AM PDT
Elgin s David Rolfe has little hope that meetings today with federal Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell will bear much fruit for flooded Manitoba farmers. |
New, Tougher EPA Regulations Are No Burden For ScoringAg Farmers
PR Web via Yahoo! News Fri, 26 Aug 2005 5:00 AM PDT
(PRWEB) August 26, 2005 -- Recently, the US Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) announced new CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operations) regulations requiring complete, precise recordkeeping will be required by law, in place and available for review by EPA officials no later than December 31, 2006. For the conscientious farmer and rancher, maintaining conventional manure, litter, process |
New, Tougher EPA Regulations Are No Burden For ScoringAg Farmers
PR Web Fri, 26 Aug 2005 0:08 AM PDT
Accurate recordkeeping is vital in proving proper land management principles and stewardship of soil and water resources; and ScoringAgs Web-based recordkeeping is a leader in the protection of the nations natural resources and vital food supply. [PRWEB Aug 26, 2005] |
Illinois high school teaching grape growing from ground up
Kansas City Star Thu, 25 Aug 2005 9:46 AM PDT
VALMEYER, Ill. - The few rows of grapes planted about six years ago near the high school's greenhouse in this tiny Illinois town near St. Louis used to give agriculture teacher Howard Heavner and his students fits. |
Release No. 0326.05
USDA Thu, 25 Aug 2005 1:05 PM PDT
PALMER, Alaska, Aug. 25, 2005-Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner today announced that 110 watersheds, with at least one in all 50 states, Guam and Puerto Rico, will be eligible for the 2006 Conservation Security Program (CSP). |
Promotion norms flouted GK NEWS SERVICE
Greater Kashmir Thu, 25 Aug 2005 9:53 AM PDT
Srinagar, Aug 25: In clear violation of promotion norms an agriculture extension officer has been posted as chief agricultural officer (CAO) by superceding at least four senior officials. |
Release No. 0325.05
USDA Thu, 25 Aug 2005 1:05 PM PDT
PALMER, Alaska, Aug. 25, 2005 - Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner today announced that the first-ever Tribal Conservation District in Alaska that has been formed through a cooperative conservation agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Tyonek Native Corporation and the Native Village of Tyonek. |
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