Soil and Water Selling Tree Seedlings
Southern Pines Pilot Sun, 04 Sep 2005 4:29 AM PDT
The Moore Soil and Water Conservation District has announced its annual tree seedling sale. Four varieties are available this year. They are longleaf pine, 25 cents each; persimmon, 70 cents each; willow oak, 70 cents each; and red maple, 70 cents each. |
Thirsty golf means agriculture will lose out on water supply
Malta Today Sun, 04 Sep 2005 4:07 AM PDT
The proposed golf course at Xaghra l-Hamra could divert some 3,500 cubic metres of water from the proposed north water sewage treatment plant at ic-Cumnija in Mellieha, from agricultural purposes to the course’s needs. |
Campaign launched for biological control of a dangerous weed
The Hindu Sat, 03 Sep 2005 1:15 PM PDT
NEW DELHI: The National Research Centre for Weed Science, an institute of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, has launched a campaign for biological control of the Mexican parthenium weed through beetles imported from Mexico. The weed is popularly known as Congress grass. |
Forest Fires Choking South-East Asia
EuropaWorld Sat, 03 Sep 2005 8:24 AM PDT
With large forest fires in South-East Asia, notably in Indonesia, causing serious health and environmental problems, including a choking haze, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) this week called for strict enforcement of the ban against using fires for agricultural purposes. |
Environmental Impacts of Potato Nutrient Management
RedNova Sun, 04 Sep 2005 2:32 AM PDT
ABSTRACT Use of soluble chemical fertilizers for crop production, particularly to supply nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, has increased potato yields and quality for several decades. |
Nutritional Requirements of Potatoes
RedNova Sun, 04 Sep 2005 2:33 AM PDT
ABSTRACT Plant nutrition is the practice of providing to the plant the right nutrient, in the right amount, in the right place, at the right time. |
County orange industry running out of juice
San Diego Union-Tribune Sun, 04 Sep 2005 3:34 AM PDT
ESCONDIDO, Sep. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE): He's tried everything to keep them profitable, but citrus grower Ben Hillebrecht predicts his orange groves will be gone soon. |
Concrete, not crops
Santa Barbara News-Press Sun, 04 Sep 2005 0:51 AM PDT
From suburban avocado groves in Goleta and Carpinteria to multimillion-dollar broccoli farms in the Santa Maria and Lompoc valleys, the county's farmland is disappearing. |
Horse power
Missoulian Sat, 03 Sep 2005 10:48 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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