Phosphorus levels catch regulators' attention
AG Weekly Wed, 09 Nov 2005 9:02 PM PST
BOISE, Idaho -- The Idaho State Department of Agriculture issued a press release Wednesday announcing that soil tests have revealed higher-than-acceptable levels of phosphorus in fields that receive manure. |
Corn harvest nears completion
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Thu, 10 Nov 2005 2:40 AM PST
INDEPENDENCE --- The vast majority of combines and corn pickers have went back into hibernation as Iowa's harvest winds down. Monday's weekly U.S. Department of Agriculture Crops and Weather Report indicated the state's soybean fields are bare and only 9 percent of the corn crop is standing. |
FAO food census aims to eradicate hunger
Food Navigator Thu, 10 Nov 2005 2:50 AM PST
10/11/2005 - An FAO agricultural census covering 2006 to 2015 could help to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. The UN Organisation plans to gather socio-economic data on community issues in addition to conventional structural data concerning agriculture. |
Wednesday Nov 09, 2005
Rockland Village Soup Wed, 09 Nov 2005 3:49 PM PST
WARREN (Nov 9): The Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District held its Annual Dinner and Meeting on Thursday, November 3rd, at the North Nobleboro Community Hall, with fifty-four people attending. |
Agric Experts Advise On Research
AllAfrica.com Wed, 09 Nov 2005 1:17 PM PST
In a bid to conduct community-based research, researchers at Rwanda Institute of Agriculture (ISAR) have called for a strong linkage between research activities and the national policy on agriculture. |
USDA agencies offer electronic information, tools for better service
Prairie Star Wed, 09 Nov 2005 1:06 PM PST
BOZEMAN, Mont. - First there was the Big Chief tablet and the pencil, then there was the telephone and now there is the computer and the Internet. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has evolved with the times, offering new ways for its agencies to communicate with their clients over time. |
Drainage seminar at 3 sites
The Prairie Advocate Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:50 PM PST
Agriculture producers and landowners have a chance to learn more about current research on agriculture drainage and decision aids for design at the Advances in Agricultural Drainage Seminar. |
ICRISAT varieties restart pigeonpea cultivation in China
SeedQuest Thu, 10 Nov 2005 6:51 AM PST
Pigeonpea is an essential ingredient in Indian cooking. However, in the neighboring China, for centuries it was used for rearing lac insects. And when the lac industry collapsed, pigeonpea cultivation had disappeared from Chinese farmlands, till improved varieties from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) restarted cultivation. |
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