State soil testing lab improves efficiency
Bladen Journal Tue, 09 Aug 2005 7:44 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. |
Roadmap guides agriculture to 2020
Manila Bulletin Tue, 09 Aug 2005 9:34 AM PDT
A key farm roadmap called "Philippine Agriculture 2020" (PA2020) is seen to bring about a stunning rise in farm growth by 2020, lifting agriculture s gross value added to P422 billion by 2020 from a 2000-2004 base of P206.2 billion or a yearly seven percent growth. |
Erosion a concern to area farmers
Brandon Sun Wed, 10 Aug 2005 6:35 AM PDT
The Keystone Agricultural Producers say time is running out for the provincial and federal governments to come up with more than $70 million to help Manitoba farmers prevent soil erosion on two million acres of unseeded land. |
edie news centre - Fruit farmers urged not to pollute for fruit
Environmental Data Interactive Exchange Wed, 10 Aug 2005 4:48 AM PDT
Environmentalists have renewed calls for a curb on the use of ozone-destroying pesticide methyl bromide in America. Under an international treaty, the Montreal Protocol, all use of methyl bromide in agriculture should have ceased in January this year. |
Environment Agency - Drought - what's happening?
Environment Agency Wed, 10 Aug 2005 2:18 AM PDT
See also... We are not responsible for the content of other web sites. Drought - what's happening? This page will be updated each week, describing the affects of the drought on the environment, water supplies and agriculture. |
Time is ripe for Milford-area gardeners
Delaware State News Tue, 09 Aug 2005 8:34 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. |
Senator recognized by conservation districts
Monmouth Review Atlas Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:02 AM PDT
During its 57th annual meeting at the Holiday Inn Select in Decatur, the Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts (AISWCD) will recognize Senator John Sullivan for his outstanding support for Illinois' natural resources with the 2005 Legislator of the Year Award. |
S&W makes impact with stream reclamation projects
Headlight-Herald Tue, 09 Aug 2005 2:19 PM PDT
TILLAMOOK — The investigation into financial irregularities at the Tillamook County Soil and Water Conservation District has put the spotlight on an agency that, while known to many county land owners and milk producers, labors in relative obscurity. |
Horse power
Missoulian Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:46 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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