Rain helps soil moisture, but slows sweet corn harvest
KAALtv.com Tue, 30 Aug 2005 8:11 AM PDT
ST. PAUL (AP) - Rain improved soil moisture in Minnesota last week, but slowed the sweet corn and potato harvests. The U-S Department of Agriculture's Minnesota field office says farmers have started harvesting corn to store in silos and are into the third cutting of alfalfa. |
Fertigation: the Hot New Market Category in Agriculture Today
PR Web via Yahoo! News Wed, 31 Aug 2005 0:00 AM PDT
(PRWEB) August 31, 2005 -- For farmers and orchard growers, "If you're going to irrigate, fertigate," is the wisdom of the day, and for good reason. Fertigation , or applying fertilizer and chemicals through irrigation, accomplishes these agricultural tasks better, faster, and cheaper than traditional methods. Its use and related agricultural management techniques such as chemigation have grown |
Indonesian fires deliberately lit, causing serious harm: FAO
Jakarta Post Wed, 31 Aug 2005 6:48 AM PDT
BANGKOK (AFP): Forest fires in Indonesia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia are being deliberately lit by agricultural firms, causing serious health and environmental damage, the UN's food and agriculture body said on Wednesday. |
We Don’t Need Genetically Modified Foods
Ghanaweb.com Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:29 PM PDT
There have been a few articles written on this site about genetically modified foods. The minister of Agriculture has been flip-flopping on this issue. First, I was full of praises when I heard about the ban on GM foods and a few days later he comes round to support GM foods. |
A Conversation with Ibrahim al-Jaafari - Council on Foreign Relations
Foreign Relations Wed, 31 Aug 2005 6:38 AM PDT
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Organic fanatic
San Francisco Bay Guardian Wed, 31 Aug 2005 0:35 AM PDT
ARE ORGANIC FOODS always better? As noted hair-splitter Bill Clinton might say, that depends on the meaning of "organic" and also of "better." |
Horse power
Missoulian Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:49 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. |
Rudy Schott
Bandera Bulletin Wed, 31 Aug 2005 0:08 AM PDT
Mr. Rudy Schott, 98, of Lakehills, died on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2005, at his residence. Rudy, a lifelong resident of Lakehills, was born on Nov. 22, 1906, in San Geronimo, to Charles Schott and Mattie Callahan Schott. |
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