Soil quality declining coz of fertilizer overuse
Minda News Thu, 06 Oct 2005 9:13 PM PDT
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The quality of soil in most parts of South Cotabato is reportedly fast declining due to the overuse of commercial inorganic or synthetic fertilizers by local farmers over the last decade, agriculture officials revealed. |
Britain's ancient sites destroyed by agriculture
Guardian Unlimited Fri, 07 Oct 2005 7:01 AM PDT
Some of the oldest highways in Britain, built over 5,000 years ago to guide Bronze Age man across the treacherous wetlands of the Somerset Levels, have been completely destroyed by modern agriculture. |
Ellie's pumpkin show threatened by disease
The Times Argus Fri, 07 Oct 2005 7:32 AM PDT
BERLIN – A 27-year tradition is under attack from a soil-borne fungus. Each year, on Oct. 30 and 31, Bill and Karen Moynihan's wildly popular pumpkin show at Ellie's Farm Market draws thousands of visitors to their Route 12 farm stand to view a thousand jack-o-lanterns. |
Pollan high on grass, down on corn
Times-Standard Fri, 07 Oct 2005 4:38 AM PDT
A popular agriculture writer blamed many of society’s ills on corn at a Humboldt State University talk last week, and said Humboldt County ranchers are leading the nation in getting animals back on grass and may be triggering a boon to Americans’ health. |
10 al-Qaida plots foiled, Bush reveals
Billings Gazette Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:34 PM PDT
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday that the United States and its allies have thwarted at least 10 serious terrorist plots by al-Qaida - three of them on American soil - and have blocked five attempts to case targets or infiltrate the country since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. |
Re-enroll or extend CRP contracts
Rapid City Journal Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:16 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. |
Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes
Prairie Star Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:43 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. |
NoCot’s rubber program gets a boost
Minda News Thu, 06 Oct 2005 9:14 PM PDT
KIDAPAWAN CITY -- North Cotabato’s move to promote the planting of rubber got an additional boost recently after the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) passed a resolution asking the Department of Agriculture to allocate P15 million for every province that would be interested in planting rubber. |
Southwestern Minnesota farm fields swamped
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:07 PM PDT
Some farm fields in southern Minnesota still had standing water leftover from heavy rains two weeks ago when another deluge hit this week. The harvest had already been delayed, and the new rains came just as things were drying out, agriculture officials said Wednesday. |
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