Re-enroll or extend CRP contracts
Rapid City Journal Fri, 07 Oct 2005 9:27 PM PDT
WASHINGTON — Farmers and ranchers can re-enroll or extend their Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, contracts expiring in 2007 through 2010, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said last week. |
Wisconsin's largest ag show coming
Monroe Times Fri, 07 Oct 2005 10:07 PM PDT
Looking to learn more about Wisconsin agriculture? Wisconsin's largest agriculture show will attract around 80,000 people to our area in September 2007. Green County has been given the opportunity to host the 2007 Farm Technology Days, Sept. 18-20. |
Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes
Prairie Star Fri, 07 Oct 2005 2:43 PM 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. |
Field peas prevent wind erosion
SeedQuest Fri, 07 Oct 2005 8:50 AM PDT
New semi-leafless field pea varieties could help Western Australian growers reduce the risk of wind erosion after harvesting. Department of Agriculture development officer Ian Pritchard said field pea farming systems had traditionally involved removing cereal stubble and rolling field peas after sowing to lower harvest losses and produce a cleaner sample. |
Legislative update on farming issues planned
Gazette.Net Fri, 07 Oct 2005 1:35 PM PDT
Friends of Frederick County and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation are sponsoring an informal legislative update about agriculture and bay issues from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Oct. 20, at Penterra Manor farm near Creagerstown. |
Back to the farm
Portsmouth Herald Sat, 08 Oct 2005 6:36 AM PDT
Pushing wheelbarrows full of home-equity or low-interest mortgages, more people all across America are heading for the countryside - to raise animals, to experience life in the rough, sometimes even to grow a crop or two. |
Factory Butte off-roader resolution may be near
Salt Lake Tribune Sat, 08 Oct 2005 0:30 AM PDT
The battle over off-highway vehicle use around Factory Butte goes on, but a resolution may be in sight. Six months after an environmental group filed a petition demanding OHV travel closures and restrictions in the rugged badlands of central Wayne County, a Bureau of Land Management-sponsored group is studying off-road impacts in the area and could make recommendations to the BLM by early |
Dream homes sinking in old landfill
Nanaimo Daily News Sat, 08 Oct 2005 4:14 AM PDT
Two southwest Calgary homes sinking into an old dump have sparked debate over how a new subdivision could be built over a landfill -- and how the developer and two levels of government didn't know about it. |
Study: Tongues carry disease agent
Casper Star-Tribune Sat, 08 Oct 2005 1:08 AM PDT
The mystery of how deer and elk spread chronic wasting disease from one animal to another may be solved: Their tongues are infectious. |
10/08/05 Calendar
Yakima Herald-Republic Sat, 08 Oct 2005 2:36 AM PDT
APPLE COUNTRY CONTRA DANCERS BENEFIT DANCE — 7:30 p.m., Broadway Grange, corner of 10th and Washington avenues. New England-style to a live string band. All ages and abilities welcome. Cost: $6 at the door; $3 for students. Band is Contraversatile with caller Gary Miller. |
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