San Joaquin Valley agriculture at risk
UPI Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:46 AM PDT
DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- California's San Joaquin Valley soil and groundwater reserves may be increasingly saline, University of California-Davis researchers said Monday. |
UConn Professor Creates More Productive Plants
University of Connecticut Daily Campus Wed, 19 Oct 2005 7:26 AM PDT
UConn professor Roberto Gaxiola and his research team have discovered a way to produce more productive plants that will be able to flourish in low-nutrient soil and survive heavy droughts, which could have a large impact on agriculture around the world. The research was conducted in a collaboration between scientists from UConn, Purdue and Penn State, according to sciencedaily. |
Millions of impoverished Chinese benefit from WFP projects
People's Daily Tue, 18 Oct 2005 6:11 PM PDT
Over 30 million rural Chinese have benefited directly from the United Nations World Food Program's (WFP) projects in China over the past 26 years, according to a survey commissioned by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture. |
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
IndeOnline.com Tue, 18 Oct 2005 9:44 PM PDT
The United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency based in Massillon could be on the chopping block. The federal agency is discussing the possibility of closing more than 700 Farm Service locations nationwide as part of an effort to streamline operations. |
Farmers Fret Over Fertilizer Costs
AP via Yahoo! News Wed, 19 Oct 2005 1:47 AM PDT
Dave Nielsen just spent nearly $14,000 to fertilize his crops, an amount he never could have imagined when he started farming 20 years ago. |
Conservation planning sign-up pilot announced
Farm And Ranch Guide Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:02 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. |
Watershed project gets $420K
Press-Citizen Wed, 19 Oct 2005 1:11 AM PDT
The Clear Creek Watershed Enhancement Board’s efforts to keep Clear Creek clean got an extra boost last week when it received $420,000 in state grants. |
Purdue Researcher Leads $4.5 Million NSF Study of Soybean Genome
Newswise Wed, 19 Oct 2005 6:23 AM PDT
Farmers, college students and consumers may benefit from soybean research made possible by a $4.5 million National Science Foundation grant to a team of researchers headed by Purdue University plant geneticist Scott Jackson. |
Dry weather great for harvesting and field fires
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Wed, 19 Oct 2005 4:26 AM PDT
HUDSON --- Farmers love warm, breezy days in the fall. They speed harvest and corn naturally dries in the field, cutting expenses. But the tinder box-like conditions also spark equipment and field fires. And local volunteer fire departments have already responded to plenty of them. |
Farmers Fret Over Fertilizer Costs
WJLA-TV Washington D.C. Wed, 19 Oct 2005 2:16 AM PDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Dave Nielsen just spent nearly $14,000 to fertilize his crops, an amount he never could have imagined when he started farming 20 years ago.But the $410 a ton Nielsen paid is symptomatic of the crunch farmers are feeling this year as the cost of fertilizer soars. |
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