'Conservation agriculture' urged for African farmers
SciDev.net Fri, 14 Oct 2005 7:24 AM PDT
[NAIROBI] African farmers could boost yields and save money by taking simple steps to conserve soil quality, said scientists at a major international meeting last week in Kenya. |
Ceremony celebrates completion of northwest soil survey
Sawyer County Record Thu, 13 Oct 2005 3:00 PM PDT
A “Last Acre Ceremony” celebrating the completion of a massive 13-year undertaking called the Northwest 10 Soil Survey drew about 100 soil scientists, state, federal, county and tribal representatives to the Lac Courte Oreilles Casino Conference Center on Friday, Oct. 7. |
Johanns announces $1.7 billion in 2005 CRP payments
Rapid City Journal Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:35 PM PDT
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue $1.7 billion in Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, payments to participating producers for fiscal year 2005, allowing producers to earn an average of $4,143 per farm enrolled, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced last week. |
Conservation planning sign-up pilot announced
Farm And Ranch Guide Thu, 13 Oct 2005 9:32 AM PDT
U.S. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner announced that nine states are participating in the first conservation planning sign-up, a pilot initiative that emphasizes the importance of conservation planning to help farmers and ranchers be better prepared to apply for conservation programs and to comply with federal, state, tribal and local environmental regulations. |
NRCS provides record assistance in Clarke and Washington counties in 2005
The South Alabamian Thu, 13 Oct 2005 9:38 AM PDT
In 2005, Washington and Clarke county received more cost-share assistance for federal programs than ever before. The programs are administered by the Jackson field office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). |
Tractor factor
The Sacramento Bee Fri, 14 Oct 2005 5:24 AM PDT
In the first week of class this semester, Jim Rumsey taught his students at the University of California, Davis, the basics of driving a farm tractor. |
No-till a no-brainer for this farmer
Lancaster Online Fri, 14 Oct 2005 7:25 AM PDT
Water flowing to the Chesapeake Bay is a little less muddy because farmer Jeff Frey refuses to plow.A farmer who won't plow? |
Plant life among the ruins
New Orleans Times-Picayune Fri, 14 Oct 2005 0:20 AM PDT
First, the good news. The old-timers and the natives fared better than the newcomers in the lush local landscape that flooded after Hurricane Katrina. |
Canadian company expands inoculant products to United States
Tri-State Neighbor Fri, 14 Oct 2005 7:29 AM PDT
A Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, company, Philom Bios, has expanded into the United States with new uses for inoculants. Producers here know that a good quality inoculant is needed when soybeans are introduced to an area, but Philom Bios takes that same concept a step farther. |
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