Winter wheat emerges later than in '04
Billings Gazette Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:37 PM PDT
Montana's winter wheat is off to a slower start than last year, though a federal agriculture official expects that to change with the recent warm spell. |
EQIP deadline nears
The Valdosta Daily Times Mon, 17 Oct 2005 8:37 PM PDT
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announces that applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program must be submitted by Nov. 18 to be ensured consideration for the 2006 funding cycle. |
EU holds emergency bird flu talks
Reuters.co.uk Tue, 18 Oct 2005 4:52 AM PDT
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - European Union officials sought to reassure the public on Tuesday as foreign ministers held emergency talks following the disclosure that bird flu has spread to at least three southeast European countries. |
In unruly Gaza, authority goes to the clans
International Herald Tribune Mon, 17 Oct 2005 9:12 AM PDT
Gaza now seems like a street-corner society, with the various security forces only more sophisticated varieties of the militant gangs that have their bases in neighborhoods, refugee camps and hamullas. |
EU: Bird flu is global threat
The Shelby Star Tue, 18 Oct 2005 6:43 AM PDT
LONDON, England -- European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday declared the spread of bird flu from Asia into Europe a "global threat" requiring international action. |
Family business closing doors
Daytona Beach News-Journal Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:52 PM PDT
PORT ORANGE -- For years the sturdy slatted tables inside the Allandale Garden Center and Florist held row after colorful row of bright orange marigolds, purple pansies, shocking pink petunias and yellow chrysanthemums. The greenhouse was filled with hanging baskets of ferns and foliage. |
Brazilian farmers turn away from tilling
Miami Herald Mon, 17 Oct 2005 9:34 PM PDT
When Albino Ampessan bought 620 acres here in 1982, the plucky farmer was undeterred by the scrubby bushes, gnarled trees and wiry grasses typical of Brazil's vast, central savannas. |
S. Fla. farmers turn to niche markets
Miami Herald Mon, 17 Oct 2005 9:34 PM PDT
S. Fla. farmers turn to new products and mechanization to survive. To stay competitive, the industry is making investments to upgrade technology and machinery to cut costs. |
INTERVIEW: Australia On Track For Bigger Wheat Crop
Dow Jones via Yahoo! Asia News Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:02 PM PDT
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--With harvest preparations well advanced, Australia looks to be on track for a sharp jump in annual wheat production, Mike Chaseling, a spokesman for private grain trading company Emerald Group Australia Pty. Ltd., said Tuesday. |
DRY SIGH OF RELIEF
New Orleans Times-Picayune Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:34 PM PDT
With many roof-damaged buildings still lacking tarpaulins, the fact that New Orleans is on track to record one of the driest Octobers in its history is good news for their hurricane-weary owners. But will the dearth of rain harm trees that suffered high winds and weeks of salty floodwater? |
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