Soybean rust not big worry
News Democrat & Leader Sat, 10 Sep 2005 4:25 AM PDT
The majority of Kentucky's soybean crops seems to have escaped Asian soybean rust damage this year. Soybean rust continues to be confined to the deep southern United States, said Don Hershman, plant pathologist with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. |
Grain basket in rain shadow
The Telegraph Fri, 09 Sep 2005 2:50 PM PDT
New Delhi, Sept. 9: Striking deficits in rainfall this year across India’s northern grain basket states have raised concerns about the yields of pulses, maize and oilseeds, agriculture meteorologists said today. |
Three old-time families may develop 203 acres
The Adobe Press Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:05 AM PDT
Three ranching and farming families with generational ties to Nipomo have renewed attempts to rezone 203 acres bordering Highway 101 and the proposed Willow Road extension from agriculture to a mix of low-density residential and commercial uses. |
Flooded Toxic Waste Sites Are Potential Health Threat
Washington Post Sat, 10 Sep 2005 0:15 AM PDT
Three Superfund toxic waste sites in and around New Orleans were flooded by Hurricane Katrina and one remains underwater, Environmental Protection Agency officials said yesterday, adding that they will soon start investigating whether hazardous materials are leaching into the environment. |
Flooded Toxic Waste Sites Are Potential Health Threat
Washington Post Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:39 PM PDT
Three Superfund toxic waste sites in and around New Orleans were flooded by Hurricane Katrina and one remains underwater, Environmental Protection Agency officials said yesterday, adding that they will soon start investigating whether hazardous materials are leeching into the environment. |
Katrina may help cactus pest's westward advance
Gainesville Sun Sat, 10 Sep 2005 3:09 AM PDT
Ranchers were so grateful they named the Boonargo Cactoblastis Hall in a settlement west of Darby after the voracious species' scientific name, Cactoblastis cactorium. |
Alfalfa: The Thirstiest Crop
NRDC Worldview Fri, 09 Sep 2005 9:10 PM PDT
California's antiquated water policy allows large corporate farms to grow too much water-hogging alfalfa. California's rivers and wetlands, and the critical San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem, have suffered serious degradation as a result of excessive water diversions. |
Image, gift of gab pay off for Montana's governor
Seattle Times Sat, 10 Sep 2005 4:36 AM PDT
The Democratic governor of this red state was discussing his "God-given" political gifts while seated in his gubernatorial aircraft. "You know, if John... |
Horse power
Missoulian Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:13 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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