In Uprooted Farmers, Nigeria Sees Teachers
Los Angeles Times Sat, 01 Oct 2005 0:13 AM PDT
Whites driven from their land in Zimbabwe get resettlement aid to share their modern methods in a nation of subsistence agriculture. TSONGA, Nigeria — The foreigners who came from afar to the grasslands of western Nigeria seemed like a spectacular circus act to the area's subsistence farmers. |
Farmers Step-Up Biotech Crops
CBS News Fri, 30 Sep 2005 9:30 AM PDT
Despite an E.U. ban and opposition in some developing countries, the Agriculture Department reports that U.S. farmers are devoting more space than ever to planting genetically engineered corn and soybeans. |
Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes
Prairie Star Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:27 AM PDT
MOCCASIN, Mont. - Pulse crops are gaining momentum in Montana agriculture as farmers learn the benefits of including them in grain crop rotations. Pulse crops, such as field peas and lentils, benefit farmers in several ways when included in grain crop rotations. |
In Uprooted Farmers, Nigeria Sees Teachers
Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News Sat, 01 Oct 2005 2:30 AM PDT
TSONGA, Nigeria — The foreigners who came from afar to the grasslands of western Nigeria seemed like a spectacular circus act to the area's subsistence farmers. Local people were amazed by the dozens of tractors, harrows and planters that materialized along with huge amounts of seed and fertilizer. |
High and Dry on the Farm
New York Times Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:09 PM PDT
The 2005 growing season is leaving behind a patchwork of parched acres a few towns away from productive ones, with farmers who have access to irrigation systems suffering from increased fuel costs, farmers without water despairing about lost crops, and flighty rains soaking a field here and a field there but always leaving the land thirsty for more. |
Worm tunnels may be funneling contaminants to drainage pipes
Tri-State Neighbor Fri, 30 Sep 2005 8:09 AM PDT
There's no doubt that earthworms benefit agriculture by their tunneling. But a recent study has shown that their burrows might also be funneling liquid manure - and possibly other contaminants - to underground drainage pipes. |
CM approves proposal to hike sugarcane price
The Tribune Fri, 30 Sep 2005 1:44 PM PDT
While the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has informally approved the proposal to increase the sugarcane price by Rs 15 to Rs 20 per quintal, there is also a move to expand the recently set up Kisan Commission and clearly define its role to avoid any duplication in the work of the Agriculture Department and the commission. |
Farming Technique Developed in U.S. Finds Roots Overseas
New York Times Fri, 30 Sep 2005 1:55 PM PDT
CABECEIRAS, Brazil - When Albino Ampessan bought a farm here in 1982, the land still bore the scrubby bushes, gnarled trees and wiry grasses typical of Brazil's vast central savannahs. |
Reader's Q&A
RedNova Sat, 01 Oct 2005 2:57 AM PDT
By Anonymous PLYWOOD AS BULKING AGENT IN COMPOSTING PROCESS Q: I've been looking for information on the use of plywood as a bulking agent in the composting process - specifically concerning the fate of the plywood's adhesives during and after composting, writes Ken Bouma, environmental specialist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in a recent posting on the U.S. |
Report Giant Hogweed, but don't dare touch it
Detroit Free Press Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:01 PM PDT
It's big. It's bizarre. And it can cause painful skin blisters worse than the wrath of poison ivy. Now state officials want the public's help in tracking down Giant Hogweed. |
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