Soil News: October 2005

Organic, sustainability research discussed at scientific meeting

Organic, sustainability research discussed at scientific meeting
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... Society of America, and Soil Science Society of ... CSSA: "50 Years of Crop Science, 1955-2005 ... Our New Horizons: Education, Environment, Exploration, Experimentation ...

New option for dairy effluent disposal
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
... Last year, Environment Bay of Plenty contracted Dr Dave Horn, a senior lecturer in soil science at Massey University, to investigate another option for dairy ...

Study Finds That Loss Of Tree Diversity Affects The Ability Of ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... a healthy forest provides such as soil stability or ... integrated study of Earth, its environment and society ... The Earth Institute mobilizes science and technology ...

Potato project lands budding scientist on top
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
... free, able to grow in infertile soil and doesn ... original field of thousands with her science project examining ... a test tube and greenhouse environment, free from ...

UCLA Environmental Report Card Grades Public Agencies Poorly for ...
UC Los Angeles - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... to UCLA Institute of the Environment researchers ... wastes in groundwater, surface water and soil are on ... and director of the environmental science and engineering ...

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Introduce soil health cards: Swaminathan

Organic, sustainability research discussed at scientific meeting
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Sustainable agriculture, food security, organic production, biodiversity, and soils and ... of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society ...

Putting Your Garden to Bed for the Winter
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... used to warm the soil, prevent frost heaving and soil erosion, and ... of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics ...

Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes
Bismarck Farm & Ranch Guide - ND, USA
... Pulse crops are gaining momentum in Montana agriculture as farmers ... or lentils, the plant residue decomposes and releases that nitrogen into the soil, making it ...

Transplant trees, shrubs and vines during the fall
Baxter Bulletin - Baxter,AR,USA
... Use a mulch to keep the soil surface cool and moist. ... on transplanting, stop by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension office ...

Introduce soil health cards: Swaminathan
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
Addressing a seminar on sustainable development of agriculture and allied sector ... to lab" and establish National network of Advanced Soil Testing laboratories ...

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Agriculture Adventures

Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

Britain should vaccinate poultry: group
Reuters Thu, 27 Oct 2005 6:31 AM PDT
"This use of vaccination in the form of a ring-fence is a proven, effective tool that should be used ahead of any moves to bring organic and free-range poultry indoors throughout the country and to prevent the mass slaughter of UK poultry," the Soil Association said.

Agriculture Adventures
CentralOhio.com Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:12 AM PDT
Atkinson Elementary first-graders Maxwell Jones, left, and Alec Snodgrass try their hand at milking a life-sized model of a cow during the COSI on Wheels assembly on Tuesday morning. Volunteer parent Toni Musser gives instruction.

Britain should vaccinate poultry: group
Reuters via Yahoo! News Thu, 27 Oct 2005 6:16 AM PDT
Britain should protect its poultry industry by vaccinating fowl against the spread of the bird flu virus, an organic farming group said on Thursday.

RRFA board acclaimed for another term
Fort Frances Times Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:23 AM PDT
There was no new president to welcome at the 29th-annual dinner and meeting of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture on Saturday evening at the Millennium Hall in Stratton.

Charles calls for emphasis on climate change
DeHavilland Thu, 27 Oct 2005 4:02 AM PDT
Prince Charles has today called for a greater emphasis to be placed on climate change within the UK. The Prince of Wales told the BBC that global warming is the "greatest challenge to face man" and that it would have a significant impact on the future of UK farming.

Prince fears over bird flu threat
PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:31 PM PDT
Prince Charles has expressed sympathy for UK poultry producers facing the threat of bird flu describing the situation as "very, very worrying".

It's time to start living by the 11th commandment
The Pilot-Independent Thu, 27 Oct 2005 6:51 AM PDT
The winds and the rains of the Gulf Coast hurricanes may have faded away (or a new one may be approaching), but the storm of problems, recriminations and blame will fly for a long time. There are two simple lessons that are related.

OBITUARIES
The Monitor Thu, 27 Oct 2005 0:46 AM PDT
On Oct. 25, 2005, our Dear Lord called upon one of his living angels named Rafael A. Guerra to join his son Victor, his brothers Arcadio and Manuel Angel, and his parents Arcadio and Leonor Guerra in Heaven....

Linda Smith
The Times Record Thu, 27 Oct 2005 7:59 AM PDT
Linda Smith, 59, of Van Buren died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, in Van Buren. She was born July 21, 1946, in St. Anthony, Iowa. She worked as a seamstress for Garen and Lady Fair manufacturing.

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Chandy should give up home dept: BJP

Monday, October 24, 2005 4:30 AM PDT

Chandy should give up home dept: BJP
Kaumundi Online Sun, 23 Oct 2005 9:58 AM PDT
BJP general secretary P P Mukundan today demanded that Chief Minister Oommen Chandy should give up the home and jail departments following the seizure of arms from the central jail here. Mukundan said, Chandy has so far not responded on the incident.

RSS wants BJP to return to its Hindutva roots
Kaumundi Online Sun, 23 Oct 2005 9:59 AM PDT
CHITRAKOOT : The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today said it wanted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to embrace collective leadership and return to its Hindutva roots.

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Toledo is on top of food trends

Sunday, October 23, 2005 4:30 AM PDT

Toledo is on top of food trends
Toledo Blade Sun, 23 Oct 2005 3:44 AM PDT
Some gourmets say that in the Toledo area they are hard pressed to find the latest in cutting edge cuisine and wonderful avant-garde dishes by chefs who are wildly inventive.

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Chicken Farmers Fight State's Plan To Test Soil

Sunday, October 23, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

Chicken Farmers Fight State's Plan To Test Soil
KOTV Tulsa Sat, 22 Oct 2005 9:46 AM PDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Several Delaware County poultry farmers are fighting efforts by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture to conduct soil tests on their land.

Farmers urged to try 'agriculture conservation'
SABCnews.com Sat, 22 Oct 2005 3:14 PM PDT
by Kimani Chege African farmers could boost yields and save money by taking simple steps to conserve soil quality, according to a report on the Science and Development Network.

It's all in the soil
Galesburg Register-Mail Sat, 22 Oct 2005 9:53 PM PDT
Complete local and regional news, local business directory including restaurants, local classifieds and Central Illinois information.

Citrus greening still spreading
Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sun, 23 Oct 2005 1:35 AM PDT
LAKE ALFRED -- Citrus greening apparently has spread to two new locations in the heart of Florida's commercial orange and grapefruit groves, agriculture officials said Friday after a meeting to plot a strategy for combatting the feared tree disease.

J K govt assessing crops loss due to earthquake
Outlook India Sun, 23 Oct 2005 3:15 AM PDT
With the dust of the earthquake settling down in the worst-hit Tangdhar and Uri sectors, Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture Department has mobilized its resources to assess the loss caused to crops in the areas.

Man grows 17 foot okra plant
WALB News 10 Sat, 22 Oct 2005 3:14 PM PDT
Mitchell County- Joe Henry has worked in agriculture for decades. "I've been a pecan shaker, and then I've been a cotton picker, and then I've been a peanut shaker, and I've been a 'bacco cropper."

Modeling the Distribution of Diffuse Nitrogen Sources and Sinks in the Neuse River Basin of North Carolina, Usa1
RedNova Sun, 23 Oct 2005 1:17 AM PDT
By Lunetta, Ross S; Greene, Richard G; Lyon, John G ABSTRACT: This study quantified nonpoint source nitrogen (NPS-N) sources and sinks across the 14,582 km^sup 2^ Neuse River Basin (NRB) located in North Carolina, to provide tabular data summaries and graphic overlay products to support the development of management approaches to best achieve established N reduction goals.

Assessing the Need for Groundwater Quality Guidelines for Pesticides Using the Species Sensitivity Distribution Approach
RedNova Sun, 23 Oct 2005 1:18 AM PDT
By Hose, Grant C ABSTRACT The water quality needs of groundwater ecosystems are rarely considered. It is currently assumed that water quality guidelines for surface waters will also protect groundwater ecosystems and their fauna, but this assumption has not been tested.

22 structures in dire need of repairs
Honolulu Advertiser Sun, 23 Oct 2005 7:31 AM PDT
Perched on the Pali above Nu'uanu Valley and downtown Honolulu, Nu'uanu Dam is among nearly two dozen in the state with structural or functional deficiencies.

High fertilizer costs cultivate farming woes
Houston Chronicle Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:10 PM PDT
Dave Nielsen just spent nearly $14,000 to fertilize his crops, an amount he never could have imagined when he started farming 20 years ago.

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City residents buying farmland some even to farm

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:05 AM PDT

Media alert: Special sessions feature Utah's military, agriculture connections
EurekAlert! Mon, 24 Oct 2005 9:11 AM PDT
MADISON, WI, OCTOBER 24, 2005 – Two sessions featuring a look at Utah's past, present, and future--one covering Utah's Military History and one focusing on Utah's Agricultural Research--will be presented on Monday, Nov. 7 in Salt Lake City, UT. The events will be held as part of the International Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil

Nigeria's Food Crisis: Something's Wrong With US
AllAfrica.com Tue, 25 Oct 2005 6:54 AM PDT
Government officials talk of food security, investment in agriculture and there are annual budgets that seem to underline commitment to these. The reality, however, is that the prices of foodstuffs have gone beyond the reach of most Nigerians.

Syngenta Crop Protection and the American Society of Agronomy’s Certified Crop Advisor launch online cotton nematode
SeedQuest Mon, 24 Oct 2005 8:36 AM PDT
A new web-based learning module addressing cotton nematode awareness, identification of key species, proper soil sampling techniques and nematode management strategies is now available.

Apollo FFA chapter to receive honors
Messenger-Inquirer Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:03 PM PDT
When Apollo High School agriculture teacher James Morgan receives his honorary American Degree this week during the national FFA convention, he'll receive something even more rewarding -- recognition for the impact he has made on students' lives.

Plant genes identified that can form the basis for crops that are better adapted to environmental conditions
SeedQuest Tue, 25 Oct 2005 6:36 AM PDT
Roots are crucial for the development of strong, healthy crops. But until recently, exactly which genes are involved in the development of roots was still a mystery.

For Midwest farmers, a disappointing harvest
The Christian Science Monitor Mon, 24 Oct 2005 2:26 PM PDT
High fuel costs and drought conditions are dealing a double blow.

Modernised Tay Nguyen farms prosper
Viet Nam News Tue, 25 Oct 2005 7:02 AM PDT
TAY NGUYEN — Provinces in Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) have effectively modernised its farm economy, generating jobs for the rural unemployed and accelerating the process of industrialisation in the region.

Researchers looking into ways wasps can help law enforcement, among others
Macon Telegraph Tue, 25 Oct 2005 0:11 AM PDT
TIFTON - Move over, drug-sniffing dogs. Make way for the wasps. With just a wisp of scent, these tiny Georgia insects can identify not only drugs, but crop pests, explosives, diseases and dead bodies.

City residents buying farmland some even to farm
AG Weekly Mon, 24 Oct 2005 9:08 PM 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.

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Japan Panel Delays U.S. Beef Safety Report Approval

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 4:30 AM PDT

Japan Panel Delays U.S. Beef Safety Report Approval
CattleNetwork.com Mon, 24 Oct 2005 8:04 AM PDT
TOKYO (Dow Jones)--A Japanese government panel charged with reviewing Japan 's ban on U.S. beef imports on Monday postponed a decision on whether to approve a report saying the risk of mad-cow disease entering Japan through U.S. beef is very low.

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Launch of New Alliance to Combat Land Degradation in Africa

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

New classification of eukaryotes has implications for AIDS treatment, agriculture and beyond
EurekAlert! Tue, 25 Oct 2005 8:32 AM PDT
This classification conveys important information about the biochemistry and metabolism of disease-causing organisms.

Launch of New Alliance to Combat Land Degradation in Africa
AllAfrica.com Tue, 25 Oct 2005 9:19 AM PDT
With about 65 percent of Africa's population affected by land degradation, and over 3 percent of agricultural GDP lost annually to soil and nutrient loss in Sub-Saharan Africa, a new partnership - TerrAfrica - the largest of its kind to address land degradation and increase sustainable land management throughout the region was announced at the seventh session of the UN Conference of the Parties

Dutch design lets homes float on the floodwaters
USA Today Tue, 25 Oct 2005 3:57 PM PDT
After hurricane Katrina flooded the Gulf Coast, many U.S. hydrologists, architects, and city planners looked to the Netherlands for water-wise guidance. Some Dutch architects are designing ways to live on, instead of fighting against, the rising tide.

Water Cost Pits Residents Against Dupont, Officials
RedNova Wed, 26 Oct 2005 1:45 AM PDT
By JOHN LANTIGUA Palm Beach Post Staff Writer It's like living next to a haunted house. Residents in the Mapp Road North area here say worrisome phenomena emanate from the 13-acre property that was once the Loxahatchee Nursery.

Dutch design lets homes float on the floodwaters
The Christian Science Monitor Tue, 25 Oct 2005 2:10 PM PDT
Giving up their high-cost war with the sea, some architects are designing ways to live on, instead of against, the rising tide.

Corn harvest is moving right along, but storage continues to be a problem
Globe Online Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:10 PM PDT
Machinery is moving across North Iowa fields at a rapid pace, chewing up corn stalks and spitting grain into hoppers. About 60 percent of the crop is out of the field, putting producers a week ahead of a year ago, but only a day ahead of normal.

Defra plans mass cull of poultry if avian flu hits UK
Guardian Unlimited Tue, 25 Oct 2005 6:12 PM PDT
UK: Talks being held over disposal of carcasses amid fears that lethal strain has reached heart of EU.

FFA maps out plan for Wickland agritourism site
The Kentucky Standard Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:17 PM PDT
It’s a big plan, but one several local students and adults hope becomes a reality. Students and advisors with the Nelson County FFA program want to turn the Wickland estate into a fully operational agritourism site.

Defra plans mass cull of poultry if avian flu hits UK
Guardian Unlimited Wed, 26 Oct 2005 1:02 AM PDT
A mass cull of poultry in the UK is being prepared by Defra officials in meetings with some of the main agricultural firms involved in the clean up and disposal of hundreds of thousands of cattle, pig and sheep carcasses during the foot and mouth epidemic.

Canadian company expands inoculant products to the U.S.
Prairie Star Tue, 25 Oct 2005 1:07 PM PDT
A Saskatoon, SK company, Philom Bios, has expanded into the United States with new uses for inoculants. Producers here know that a good quality inoculant is needed when soybeans are introduced to an area, but Philom Bios takes that same concept a step farther.

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Fertilizer costs weigh down farmers' profits

Saturday, October 22, 2005 8:03 AM PDT

Farmers urged to try 'agriculture conservation'
SABCnews.com Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:44 PM PDT
by Kimani Chege African farmers could boost yields and save money by taking simple steps to conserve soil quality, according to a report on the Science and Development Network.

Green acres for legislators
Times Leader Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:58 PM PDT
OFFICIALS WITH the Belmont Soil and Water Conservation District offered a first-hand presentation Friday to show how a variety of its services and programs benefit the environment, the area's agricultural industry, the local economy and the community as a whole.

Local Farm-City Committee learns about peanut production
Opelika-Auburn News Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:45 PM PDT
Members of the 2005 Lee County Farm-City Committee visited one of the Lazenby family’s fields to learn about how peanuts are grown, harvested and marketed and toured new agriculture-related buildings on the Auburn University campus during their annual tour.

Herseth visits Gulf Coast areas devastated by recent hurricanes
Huron Plainsman Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:07 PM PDT
BY ROGER LARSEN Encouraging signs are slowly emerging in New Orleans, but for farmers and others in the agriculture community, the recovery from Hurricane Katrina will take years, Rep. Stephanie Herseth, D-S.D., said Thursday.

Burton to Lead Conservation Work in Golden State
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:22 AM PDT
A new State Conservationist has arrived in California to lead federal conservation efforts for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Golden State.

City residents buying farmland some even to farm
AG Weekly Sat, 22 Oct 2005 7:39 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.

Text of Chinese Communist Party Proposal on 11th Five-Year Programme - Part 2
RedNova Sat, 22 Oct 2005 4:30 AM PDT
Text of Part 2 of Chinese Communist Party proposal entitled: "(Released by authorization) CCP Central Committee proposal on formulating the 11th Five-Year Programme for National Economic and Social Development"; as carried by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency); subheadings as received V.

Flooding devastates acres of farmland
Portsmouth Herald Sat, 22 Oct 2005 6:38 AM PDT
CONCORD - Hundreds of acres of farmland in Cheshire and Sullivan counties were damaged or destroyed by the recent flooding and heavy rains, and federal recovery money may not come any time soon.

Fertilizer costs weigh down farmers' profits
Billings Gazette Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:45 PM PDT
OMAHA, Neb. - Dave Nielsen just spent nearly $14,000 to fertilize his crops, an amount he never could have imagined when he started farming 20 years ago.

New Hampshire cropland ravaged by floods
The Union Leader and NewHampshire Sunday News Fri, 21 Oct 2005 9:14 PM PDT
CONCORD — Hundreds of acres of farmland in Cheshire and Sullivan counties were damaged or destroyed by the recent flooding and heavy rains, and federal recovery money may not come anytime soon.

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Green choice

Friday, October 21, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

Steeped in a New Tradition
Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News Fri, 21 Oct 2005 2:30 AM PDT
COAMILPA, Mexico — Only 3 years old, Leon Gustavo Davila Hinojosa is still learning to speak Spanish. But the precocious youngster already knows a bit of Japanese: "Maruchan."

Farmers' Poverty: a Threat to Food Security
AllAfrica.com Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:33 AM PDT
The Minister of Information, at the opening ceremony of the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Co-operation regional workshop with local and national partners in Accra, wondered why most of our rural farmers fall within the poverty bracket.

Monocropping is not desirable
Financial Express Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:03 AM PDT
TRADITIONAL agriculture -- centering mainly on the production of foodgrains -- has served a purpose, no doubt, in feeding the growing population of Bangladesh. But this singular emphasis on foodgrain production is also costing the country dear in different ways.

Steeped in a New Tradition
Los Angeles Times Fri, 21 Oct 2005 0:34 AM PDT
Instant ramen noodles are supplanting beans and rice for many in Mexico. Defenders of the nation's cuisine and dietitians are alarmed.

Commissioners create preservation board
Observer-Reporter Fri, 21 Oct 2005 6:31 AM PDT
WAYNESBURG – A new, seven-member board will act as the voice of farmers in planning and development decisions in the area after county commissioners created a Farmland Preservation Board at their meeting Thursday.

City residents buying farmland some even to farm
AG Weekly Fri, 21 Oct 2005 2:08 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.

Rising like a Phoenix from ash - environmentally friendly fertilisers from sewage sludge
uniprotokolle Fri, 21 Oct 2005 6:42 AM PDT
Municipal sewage sludge contains a number of plant nutrients like for instance phosphorus (P), which is a non-renewable resource going into depletion within the next 100 years.

Cowboy hopes to lasso Neb. seat Democrat Kleeb GRD '01 '03 faces tough fight in heavily Republican home district
Yale Daily News Fri, 21 Oct 2005 2:21 AM PDT
Handsome, 6'3 and clad in jeans, cowboy boots and a purple dress shirt, Scott Kleeb GRD '01 '03 strode onto Yale's campus last week to talk about his congressional campaign.

Japan Panel On U.S. Beef To Meet Monday; May Approve Safety
CattleNetwork.com Fri, 21 Oct 2005 5:34 AM PDT
TOKYO (Dow Jones)--A Japanese government panel studying the U.S. beef import ban issue will hold a meeting on Monday in which it may finalize a report saying the risk of U.S. beef imports bringing mad-cow disease into the country is extremely low.

Green choice
Bangkok Post Thu, 20 Oct 2005 6:48 PM PDT
Not so long ago, our mums went to fresh markets to buy their lettuce and cucumbers. Now people go to supermarkets and what they want is not your ordinary lettuce grown at some who-knows-where garden. They demand rocket lettuce, continental cucumbers, even microgreens.

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Farmers’ Poverty: A Threat To Food Security

Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

The budget and agriculture
Trinidad Express Wed, 19 Oct 2005 6:31 PM PDT
I have waited until individual Ministers have made presentations on the budget before commenting since the Minister of Finance has pointed out that not everything could have been included in his presentation but amplification would be made by each Minister.

Ne China Able To Add 10 BLN KG New Grain Output Per Yr: Research
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News Wed, 19 Oct 2005 9:24 PM PDT
The three provinces in northeast China, Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning, known for black soil and good climate suitable for growing maize, soybean, wheat and high-quality rice, are able to add a new grain output capacity of more than 10 billion kilograms a year by 2010 if existing land resources are rationally utilized.

Senate ag committee cuts $3 billion in spending
Lincoln Journal Star Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:03 PM PDT
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 11-9 Wednesday in favor of $3 billion in cuts in agricultural spending over the next five years.

Farmers’ Poverty: A Threat To Food Security
The Ghanaian Chronicle Thu, 20 Oct 2005 6:04 AM PDT
The Minister of Information, at the opening ceremony of the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Co-operation regional workshop with local and national partners in Accra, wondered why most of our rural farmers fall within the poverty bracket.

Belarus begins to revive its poisoned lands
International Herald Tribune Thu, 20 Oct 2005 7:03 AM PDT
Almost a quarter of all of Belarus remains radioactive to varying degrees, including some of its prime farmland.

Senegal gets $30 mln loan from Africa's AfDB
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News Thu, 20 Oct 2005 6:24 AM PDT
TUNIS, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to lend Senegal $30 million to bolster the country's economy.

Farmers' conservation role feted
News Leader Thu, 20 Oct 2005 3:28 AM PDT
STAUNTON — More than 100 farmers and policymakers celebrated 20 years of cleaner water, healthier livestock and more plentiful wildlife at a banquet at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel on Wednesday night.

Growlin' good grapes Howell Mountain's intense fruit attracts winemakers and bears alike
San Francisco Chronicle Thu, 20 Oct 2005 7:54 AM PDT
Not all connoisseurs of Howell Mountain wine grapes are human.

'Green Acres' series to start in November
The Sentinel-News Thu, 20 Oct 2005 7:31 AM PDT
Arnold the pig and Fred Ziffel will not be on hand, but landowners in Shelby County who want to learn how to make their acreage more productive or enjoyable may want to try Extension's Green Acres series.

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Farmers Fret Over Fertilizer Costs

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:06 AM PDT

San Joaquin Valley agriculture at risk
UPI Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:46 AM PDT
DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- California's San Joaquin Valley soil and groundwater reserves may be increasingly saline, University of California-Davis researchers said Monday.

UConn Professor Creates More Productive Plants
University of Connecticut Daily Campus Wed, 19 Oct 2005 7:26 AM PDT
UConn professor Roberto Gaxiola and his research team have discovered a way to produce more productive plants that will be able to flourish in low-nutrient soil and survive heavy droughts, which could have a large impact on agriculture around the world. The research was conducted in a collaboration between scientists from UConn, Purdue and Penn State, according to sciencedaily.

Millions of impoverished Chinese benefit from WFP projects
People's Daily Tue, 18 Oct 2005 6:11 PM PDT
Over 30 million rural Chinese have benefited directly from the United Nations World Food Program's (WFP) projects in China over the past 26 years, according to a survey commissioned by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005
IndeOnline.com Tue, 18 Oct 2005 9:44 PM PDT
The United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency based in Massillon could be on the chopping block. The federal agency is discussing the possibility of closing more than 700 Farm Service locations nationwide as part of an effort to streamline operations.

Farmers Fret Over Fertilizer Costs
AP via Yahoo! News Wed, 19 Oct 2005 1:47 AM PDT
Dave Nielsen just spent nearly $14,000 to fertilize his crops, an amount he never could have imagined when he started farming 20 years ago.

Conservation planning sign-up pilot announced
Farm And Ranch Guide Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:02 AM PDT
U.S. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner announced that nine states are participating in the first conservation planning sign-up, a pilot initiative that emphasizes the importance of conservation planning to help farmers and ranchers be better prepared to apply for conservation programs and to comply with federal, state, tribal and local environmental regulations.

Watershed project gets $420K
Press-Citizen Wed, 19 Oct 2005 1:11 AM PDT
The Clear Creek Watershed Enhancement Board’s efforts to keep Clear Creek clean got an extra boost last week when it received $420,000 in state grants.

Purdue Researcher Leads $4.5 Million NSF Study of Soybean Genome
Newswise Wed, 19 Oct 2005 6:23 AM PDT
Farmers, college students and consumers may benefit from soybean research made possible by a $4.5 million National Science Foundation grant to a team of researchers headed by Purdue University plant geneticist Scott Jackson.

Dry weather great for harvesting and field fires
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Wed, 19 Oct 2005 4:26 AM PDT
HUDSON --- Farmers love warm, breezy days in the fall. They speed harvest and corn naturally dries in the field, cutting expenses. But the tinder box-like conditions also spark equipment and field fires. And local volunteer fire departments have already responded to plenty of them.

Farmers Fret Over Fertilizer Costs
WJLA-TV Washington D.C. Wed, 19 Oct 2005 2:16 AM PDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Dave Nielsen just spent nearly $14,000 to fertilize his crops, an amount he never could have imagined when he started farming 20 years ago.But the $410 a ton Nielsen paid is symptomatic of the crunch farmers are feeling this year as the cost of fertilizer soars.

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The budget and agriculture

National panel mooted for rural insurance
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
... Private Partnership for Harnessing the Potential of Rainfed Agriculture organised here ... to establish a national network of advanced soil testing laboratories ...

The budget and agriculture
Trinidad & Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
... to state my view that this could in no way create a resurgence in agriculture. ... However the success of these farmers depends on the soil type of the land which ...

Pain of hunger
The Nation, Malawi - Chichiri,Blantyre,Malawi
... The same soil, same rains, same people. ... That has killed our agriculture because years later we discovered that fertiliser prices had skyrocketed. ...

All the state's a campus compliments of SDSU's research stations
SDSU Collegian - Brookings,SD,USA
... Professors in the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences and extension specialists head ... 1940s, the focus of the station was on crops and soil research. ...

Senate ag committee cuts $3 billion in spending
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,NE,USA
... "Agriculture can adjust," he said, "but that pain will be felt somewhere.". ... Security Program and its incentive payments to good soil stewards "one of ...

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Greenhouse Gas Technology Center Verifies Aisin Seiki 6 kW ...

Bid to build democracy comes to fruition
China Daily - China
... rooted in the vast land of fertile soil on which ... to help these areas develop education, science and technology ... as well as a pleasing environment and harmonious ...

Greenhouse Gas Technology Center Verifies Aisin Seiki 6 kW ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... science to safeguard both human health and the environment. ... provide the solid underpinning of science and technology ... the quality of air, water, soil, and the ...

Science warms to a frozen mission
Hobart Mercury - Hobart,Tasmania,Australia
... ANTARCTICA'S environment will come under the microscope during this summer's research season with ... "About two thirds of that would be soil contaminated by ...

Candidates for the Kill Devil Hills Board of Commissioners
Outer Banks Sentinel - Nags Head,NC,USA
... College; Tidewater Community College- Applied Science (Drafting and ... must be good stewards of our environment now and ... there will be less leaching into the soil. ...

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S. Fla. farmers turn to niche markets

Tuesday, October 18, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

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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Soil test is a wise investment

Monday, October 17, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

Soil test is a wise investment
Fort Frances Times Mon, 17 Oct 2005 6:38 AM PDT
With all of the soil samples that are analyzed each year, I’m amazed at the number of fields that still don’t get soil tested. It baffles me why a farmer would spend thousands of dollars on fertilizer, without investing 20 bucks in a soil test to tell him if he is putting on the right amount.

Florida agriculture: A tough row to hoe
Miami Herald Mon, 17 Oct 2005 3:03 AM PDT
South Florida farmers turn to new products, mechanization and niche markets to survive. To stay competitive, the industry is making investments to upgrade technology and machinery to cut costs.

Organics Web site launched
Honolulu Advertiser Mon, 17 Oct 2005 6:02 AM PDT
The University of Hawai'i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources is seeking to become as important a resource for organic farmers as it has been for the conventional agriculture community. To that end, the college has launched a Web site — www.ctahr.hawaii .edu/organic — that contains an extensive list of online educational and instructional documents on farming without chemicals, as

Organic Benefits Still Face Debate
RedNova Mon, 17 Oct 2005 4:48 AM PDT
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on organic fruits and vegetables. For years, I've been skeptical about the value of eating organic food.

Slice of Wilderness Sits Amid One of South Carolina's Fastest Growing Areas
Environmental News Network Mon, 17 Oct 2005 6:22 AM PDT
It may not have the beauty of a waterfall or waves crashing on the beach, but few places on the Southeast shore can match the variety found inside the mysterious shallow depressions along the coastal plains called Carolina Bays.

TURNING AWAY FROM TILLING
Miami Herald Mon, 17 Oct 2005 3:04 AM PDT
BY PAULO PRADA 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.

Farmers fret over fertilizer costs as natural gas prices soar
Casper Star-Tribune Mon, 17 Oct 2005 1:03 AM PDT
OMAHA, Neb. -- Dave Nielsen just spent nearly $14,000 to fertilize his crops, an amount he never could have imagined when he started farming 20 years ago.

City residents buying farmland some even to farm
AG Weekly Sun, 16 Oct 2005 9:24 PM 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.

17 October 2005
PharmiWeb Mon, 17 Oct 2005 3:13 AM PDT
The new Plant Growth Controlled Environment Test Facility at Aberystwyth’s Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER) is playing a key role in the development of new, sustainable, grass varieties capable of providing high quality animal feed.

In search of sinkholes -- Santee State Park’s limestone deposits make for interesting tour
Times and Democrat Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:19 PM PDT
SANTEE -- Ever hear the phrase: “Who’d a thunk it?” Well, who would think that a walk through the woods to look at limestone sinkholes would be interesting? Certainly not this reporter. But, interesting it was, thanks in part to the information provided by Santee State Park Ranger Seth Caughman.

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Report on various types of soil in Qatar released

Sunday, October 16, 2005 8:03 AM PDT

Report on various types of soil in Qatar released
Gulf Times Sun, 16 Oct 2005 2:36 AM PDT
Staff Reporter THE Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture (MMAA) has released the first comprehensive scientific study on soil in Qatar titled ‘The Atlas of Soil for the State of Qatar’, brought out by the department of agriculture and water research at the ministry.

Agriculture and Intercultural Dialogue
IPP Media Sat, 15 Oct 2005 10:13 PM PDT
In the Adam and Eve era was there hunger? Did they use fertilizers, pesticides or machines to ensure they realised a bumper harvest or increased production? Why do we now have food shortages from time to time?

Carolina Bays Show Biological Diversity
AP via Yahoo! News Sat, 15 Oct 2005 6:49 PM PDT
It may not have the beauty of a waterfall or waves crashing on the beach, but few places on the Southeast shore can match the variety found inside the mysterious shallow depressions along the coastal plains called Carolina Bays.

Questions and answers on the avian influenza virus
phillyburbs.com Sun, 16 Oct 2005 5:06 AM PDT
What's the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?

We must adapt to climate change - or die
Independent Online Sun, 16 Oct 2005 6:51 AM PDT
The National Climate Change Conference will be the meeting place for top scientists from Africa and the rest of the world to discuss the threat of climate change in South Africa and the sub-continent.

Sustainable farming can feed the world
Swissinfo Sun, 16 Oct 2005 1:46 AM PDT
On World Food Day, Swiss agricultural specialist Hans Rudolf Herren tells swissinfo that hunger can be overcome if farming practices are improved.

Fall color isn't all about leaves if you have anemones
Hampton Roads Daily Press Sat, 15 Oct 2005 10:01 PM PDT
Fall-blooming anemones transition summer into fall - often blooming as early July and as late as November.

City residents buying farmland some even to farm
AG Weekly Sat, 15 Oct 2005 9:08 PM 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.

Farmers fret over fertilizer costs as natural gas prices soar
Sioux City Journal Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:13 PM PDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Dave Nielsen just spent nearly $14,000 to fertilize his crops, an amount he never could have imagined when he started farming 20 years ago.

Farmers fret over fertilizer costs as natural gas prices soar
Lincoln Journal Star Sat, 15 Oct 2005 10:03 PM PDT
Dave Nielsen just spent nearly $14,000 to fertilize his crops, an amount he never could have imagined when he started farming 20 years ago. But the $410 a ton Nielsen paid is symptomatic of the crunch farmers are feeling this year as the cost of fertilizer soars.

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'Conservation agriculture' urged for African farmers

Saturday, October 15, 2005 8:03 AM PDT

'Conservation agriculture' urged for African farmers
SciDev.net Fri, 14 Oct 2005 6:24 PM PDT
[NAIROBI] African farmers could boost yields and save money by taking simple steps to conserve soil quality, said scientists at a major international meeting last week in Kenya.

Billion rand Chintsa golf estate gets thumbs down Developer plans to fight Agriculture Department ruling that it should
Daily Dispatch Sat, 15 Oct 2005 1:29 AM PDT
THE NATIONAL Department of Agriculture has stopped British property developer David Eastall from building a R1 billion golfing and holiday estate at Chintsa.

USDA Announces $1.7 Billion for Voluntary Conservation Programs on Working Lands
Kansas City InfoZine Sat, 15 Oct 2005 6:41 AM PDT
2005-Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner announced the release of nearly $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2006 funding for voluntary conservation farm bill programs on working lands.

Effects of Fertilization and Vegetation Control on Microbial Biomass Carbon and Dehydrogenase Activity in a Juvenile
RedNova Sat, 15 Oct 2005 3:17 AM PDT
By Blazier, Michael A; Hennessey, Thomas C; Deng, Shiping Abstract: To characterize the influences of fertilization and understory vegetation suppression on microbial biomass and activity in a juvenile loblolly pine plantation, we measured microbial biomass C (C^sub mic^) and dehydrogenase activity in soil monthly in response to (1) untreated control (CONT), (2) understory suppression with

In one corner of Malawi, a 'solution' to hunger
AFP via Yahoo! News Fri, 14 Oct 2005 8:40 AM PDT
Rows of tall bountiful maize will soon be ready for harvesting in one patch of drought-stricken southern Malawi, thriving in soil that is disappointing farmers elsewhere in the country and leaving millions hungry.

Ann's Organic Garden: Time to feed lawns, meadows
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sat, 15 Oct 2005 0:24 AM PDT
Fall is a fine time to work on your lawn by getting rid of persistent weeds as the soil moistens and loosens up and by adding nutrients that will help build stronger grass roots in the spring. Read Ann Lovejoy's tips for fall lawn care.

Johanns announces $1.7 billion in 2005 CRP payments
Rapid City Journal Fri, 14 Oct 2005 9:50 PM PDT
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue $1.7 billion in Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, payments to participating producers for fiscal year 2005, allowing producers to earn an average of $4,143 per farm enrolled, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced last week.

State, county encourages farmers to recycle plastics
Daily Journal Sat, 15 Oct 2005 3:15 AM PDT
VINELAND -- Vegetable grower Kevin Flaim picked a tough day to be a volunteer. Boots sinking in rain-softened soil, Flaim ventured into one of his eggplant fields off Italia Avenue for a quick show-and-tell Friday morning.

Officials worry they may not be able to eradicate citrus greening
Bradenton Herald Fri, 14 Oct 2005 3:31 PM PDT
LAKE ALFRED, Fla. - Citrus greening apparently has spread to two new locations in the heart of Florida's commercial orange and grapefruit groves, agriculture officials said Friday after a meeting to plot a strategy for combatting the feared tree disease.

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'Conservation agriculture' urged for African farmers

Friday, October 14, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

'Conservation agriculture' urged for African farmers
SciDev.net Fri, 14 Oct 2005 7:24 AM PDT
[NAIROBI] African farmers could boost yields and save money by taking simple steps to conserve soil quality, said scientists at a major international meeting last week in Kenya.

Ceremony celebrates completion of northwest soil survey
Sawyer County Record Thu, 13 Oct 2005 3:00 PM PDT
A “Last Acre Ceremony” celebrating the completion of a massive 13-year undertaking called the Northwest 10 Soil Survey drew about 100 soil scientists, state, federal, county and tribal representatives to the Lac Courte Oreilles Casino Conference Center on Friday, Oct. 7.

Johanns announces $1.7 billion in 2005 CRP payments
Rapid City Journal Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:35 PM PDT
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue $1.7 billion in Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, payments to participating producers for fiscal year 2005, allowing producers to earn an average of $4,143 per farm enrolled, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced last week.

Colossal collaboration Riparian restoration project furthers landowner's legacy
Ravalli Republic Thu, 13 Oct 2005 8:36 PM PDT
When Jean James placed a conservation easement on her 111-acre farm on Oil Well Rd. three years ago, her dream was for agriculture and wildlife to co-exist on the property forever.

Conservation planning sign-up pilot announced
Farm And Ranch Guide Thu, 13 Oct 2005 9:32 AM PDT
U.S. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner announced that nine states are participating in the first conservation planning sign-up, a pilot initiative that emphasizes the importance of conservation planning to help farmers and ranchers be better prepared to apply for conservation programs and to comply with federal, state, tribal and local environmental regulations.

NRCS provides record assistance in Clarke and Washington counties in 2005
The South Alabamian Thu, 13 Oct 2005 9:38 AM PDT
In 2005, Washington and Clarke county received more cost-share assistance for federal programs than ever before. The programs are administered by the Jackson field office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Tractor factor
The Sacramento Bee Fri, 14 Oct 2005 5:24 AM PDT
In the first week of class this semester, Jim Rumsey taught his students at the University of California, Davis, the basics of driving a farm tractor.

No-till a no-brainer for this farmer
Lancaster Online Fri, 14 Oct 2005 7:25 AM PDT
Water flowing to the Chesapeake Bay is a little less muddy because farmer Jeff Frey refuses to plow.A farmer who won't plow?

Plant life among the ruins
New Orleans Times-Picayune Fri, 14 Oct 2005 0:20 AM PDT
First, the good news. The old-timers and the natives fared better than the newcomers in the lush local landscape that flooded after Hurricane Katrina.

Canadian company expands inoculant products to United States
Tri-State Neighbor Fri, 14 Oct 2005 7:29 AM PDT
A Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, company, Philom Bios, has expanded into the United States with new uses for inoculants. Producers here know that a good quality inoculant is needed when soybeans are introduced to an area, but Philom Bios takes that same concept a step farther.

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South Cotabato's fertile lands fast deteriorating

Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

South Cotabato's fertile lands fast deteriorating
Sun Star Wed, 12 Oct 2005 9:58 AM PDT
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.

Fish-farming pioneer wins 'Nobel of food'
USA Today Wed, 12 Oct 2005 6:58 PM PDT
The $250,000 World Food Prize, considered by many the Nobel Prize of food and agriculture, was awarded today to an Indian scientist credited with launching a "blue revolution" (a rapid increase in fish production) in the developing world.

Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes
Prairie Star Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:21 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.

Johanns announces $1.7 billion in 2005 CRP payments
Rapid City Journal Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:19 PM PDT
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue $1.7 billion in Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, payments to participating producers for fiscal year 2005, allowing producers to earn an average of $4,143 per farm enrolled, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced last week.

Sherburne plans to clean up water supplies
St. Cloud Times Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:18 PM PDT
BECKER — Sherburne County isn't known for its pristine water. The county's history of agriculture and rapid growth have caused problems such as algae growth in many lakes.

Forest planting way behind schedule, Ha Noi review told
Viet Nam News Thu, 13 Oct 2005 2:52 AM PDT
Ha Noi — The planting of protective and special-use forest during the past seven years has topped the target set for growth by 3 per cent, Deputy Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Hua Duc Nhi has told a meeting of review in Ha Noi.

Tall tomato proves productive
Ironwood Daily Globe Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:29 AM PDT
In a secluded corner of an Ironwood Township garden, an 11-foot-tall plant produced more than 300 tomatoes this season. It proved to two master gardeners that biodynamic agriculture lives up to its promise of increased plant size and yield.

Teacher Team
USA Today Wed, 12 Oct 2005 4:57 PM PDT
From an English teacher in a tiny farming community in Washington state to a TV production and moviemaking teacher in Miami's Little Havana, here are the members of the 2005 All-USA Teacher Team.

Corn, beans weather well dry summer
Chicago Tribune Thu, 13 Oct 2005 5:28 AM PDT
At the Cargill grain elevator in Vincennes, Ind., Bill Bergman stood by as a flood of soybeans gushed from a farmer's truck into storage, part of a surprising bumper crop piling up across the Midwest.

Finnish Nuclear Wine, `Wild Idea,' Angers Sommeliers, Greens
Bloomberg.com Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:10 PM PDT
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Finland's newest winemaker is growing grapes by splitting the atom.

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OSU ecologists view plant/soil interaction

Madonna and Prescott, new powers in the land
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Charles Clover, Environment Editor. ... With his background in environmental chemistry and soil science, he was "well placed to open a regional centre in ...

Visionary exercise on books
Ottawa Sun - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
... on to the universities of Birmingham and Reading, earning a PhD in soil science. ... go back to 1991 through research projects in agriculture and the environment. ...

UN study finds no link between deforestation, flooding
ABS CBN News - Philippines
... saturate the soil, including forest soil, so that ... mission is to advance the science and practice ... income, health, shelter, energy and a regenerated environment. ...

OSU ecologists view plant/soil interaction
Capital Press (subscription) - Salem,Oregon,USA
... been an easier, less costly environment in which ... experiments, and much of the science about forest ... atmospheric experts, the engineers and soil scientists, and ...

Agricultural and food scientists
Because soil science is closely related to environmental science, persons trained
in soil science also apply their knowledge to ensure environmental quality ...

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UN study finds no link between deforestation, flooding

UN study finds no link between deforestation, flooding
ABS CBN News - Philippines
... when it comes to forests and floods, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the ... the flood-reducing effects of forests are heavily dependent on soil depth and ...

DJ US Cash Grain Review: Basis Generally Weaker
Agriculture Online - USA
... supply/demand projections made early Wednesday by the US Department of Agriculture. ... pace of the precipitation, resulted in some very useful soil moisture for ...

Modified-algae project halted
Truth about Trade & Technology - Des Moine,IA,USA
... could become established in moist soil or in the water supply, and could cross with native species of algae. Moriwake sued the Board of Agriculture in August ...

I too have a dream - II
GreaterKashmir.com (press release) - Srinigar,India
... Our Agriculture scientists will go to our farmers to their lands to teach them about ... In my dream world these colonizers will not dare to touch our soil not to ...

Five measures to prevent desertification in Viet Nam
Viet Nam News Agency - Hanoi,Vietnam
... desertification process, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural ... mountainous and Central Highlands provinces; improving degraded soil and overcoming ...

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Study touts benefits of genetically modified crops

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

Rain slows or halts harvest in parts of Minnesota
Grand Forks Herald Tue, 11 Oct 2005 3:30 PM PDT
ST. PAUL - Last week's heavy rain slowed or halted harvests in much of the state, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In some areas, harvest activities won't continue until the soil dries.

South Cotabato's fertile lands fast deteriorating
Sun Star Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:13 AM PDT
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.

Thrust on agriculture, SSIs
Kaumundi Online Tue, 11 Oct 2005 9:15 PM PDT
KANNUR: The newly-elected district panchayat will lay thrust on agricultural production and small-scale industries. It will also demand that the government take steps to solve shortage of engineering staff in the panchayat as well as doctors at the government hospital here.

How to apply
Iowa Farmer Wed, 12 Oct 2005 6:24 AM PDT
>Present your project idea to someone at your local Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) office. If your project is eligible, submit an application.

Study touts benefits of genetically modified crops
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Tue, 11 Oct 2005 9:42 PM PDT
A British research firm, hired by Monsanto Co., said Tuesday that the global use of genetically modified crops has added $27 billion to farm income and greatly reduced agriculture's negative impacts upon the environment.

Argentina: Trouble Grows When Trees Are Felled for Crops
RedNova Tue, 11 Oct 2005 8:32 PM PDT
By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 10, 2005 (IPS/GIN) -- The expansion of agriculture at the expense of Argentina's native forests is posing serious environmental challenges in the northeastern province of Chaco, where severe flooding and lengthy droughts occur in the same year.

Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes
Prairie Star Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:07 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.

CRP changes affect 45,433 acres in Roosevelt County
Portales News-Tribune Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:29 PM PDT
Roosevelt County residents rely on the agricultural economy and sometimes news from the United States Department of Agriculture means bad news for county farmers with farm land in the Conservation Reserve Program.

Borers found in clothes pegs
Margaret River Mail Tue, 11 Oct 2005 9:07 PM PDT
A vigilant customer who returned a packet of wooden clothes pegs to a Margaret River supermarket has prompted a warning from the Agriculture Department about the dangers of exotic pests in imported domestic goods.

Colorful mums brighten fall gardens
Seattle Times Wed, 12 Oct 2005 0:31 AM PDT
Spruce up the landscape with fall chrysanthemums. There is something to be said about the way mums change your mood and brighten the landscape...

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Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

South Cotabato's fertile lands fast deteriorating
Sun Star Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:03 AM PDT
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.

Thrust on agriculture, SSIs
Kaumundi Online Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:15 AM PDT
KANNUR: The newly-elected district panchayat will lay thrust on agricultural production and small-scale industries. It will also demand that the government take steps to solve shortage of engineering staff in the panchayat as well as doctors at the government hospital here.

Johanns announces $1.7 billion in 2005 CRP payments
Rapid City Journal Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:04 PM PDT
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue $1.7 billion in Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, payments to participating producers for fiscal year 2005, allowing producers to earn an average of $4,143 per farm enrolled, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced last week.

Why is Africa unable to feed itself?
Daily Times Tue, 11 Oct 2005 3:00 AM PDT
THE green sugar cane fields of southern Malawi bear testimony to the fertile soil that blankets the sun-drenched land. But aid agencies say 5 million people there, or close to half the population, need food aid - a shocking state of affairs in a country which should be a farmer’s paradise.

Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes
Prairie Star Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:06 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.

Worm tunnels may be funneling contaminants to drainage pipes
Tri-State Neighbor Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:29 PM 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.

Farmers Say They Need More Aid to Practice Techniques That Will Help Restore the Bay
RedNova Tue, 11 Oct 2005 6:02 AM PDT
By Lawrence Latane III A.C. Shackelford Jr.'s Angus cattle graze within sight of the Blue Ridge, but the herd is just upstream of the Chesapeake Bay the way the cow pie falls. He says the unnamed streams that drain the pasture feed the Rivanna River and thus the James.

Portneuf cleanup efforts accelerate
Idaho State Journal Tue, 11 Oct 2005 6:42 AM PDT
F rom sedimentation to bac- terial contamination, the Portneuf River has encountered a variety of infirmities over the years, but concerned parties are making renewed efforts to turn Pocatello's ailing stream into a healthy river.

Modified-algae project halted
Honolulu Advertiser Tue, 11 Oct 2005 5:43 AM PDT
HILO, Hawai'i — A Big Island judge yesterday reversed state approval of a project to grow genetically engineered algae in outdoor tanks at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai'i in Kona, ruling an environmental assessment must be done before the project can proceed.

Blacklisted Souvenirs
AskMen Mon, 10 Oct 2005 9:45 PM PDT
At some point or other, we've all been surprised to learn that the roll of Camembert or the small otter we've sought to bring home from vacation is barred at customs.

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Why Is Africa Unable To Feed Itself?

Monday, October 10, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

Free Soil-Testing Campaign Kicks Off
AgNews Mon, 10 Oct 2005 7:44 AM PDT
WESLACO – Stung by the rising costs of fuel and other operating expenses, Lower Rio Grande Valley farmers and ranchers may find some relief from a free soil-testing campaign sponsored by Texas Cooperative Extension.

South Cotabato's fertile lands fast deteriorating
Sun Star Sun, 09 Oct 2005 9:51 AM PDT
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.

Why Is Africa Unable To Feed Itself?
Environmental News Network Mon, 10 Oct 2005 4:28 AM PDT
The green sugar cane fields of southern Malawi bear testimony to the fertile soil that blankets the sun-drenched land. But aid agencies say 5 million people there, or close to half the population, need food aid -- a shocking state of affairs in a country which should be a farmer's paradise.

SciDev.Net
SciDev.net Mon, 10 Oct 2005 5:04 AM PDT
What role can genetically modified crops play in helping to address the needs of developing nations? Few would argue that they provide the only solution to 'sustainable' agriculture and food production, but many believe that GM technology can make an important contribution.

Zac Goldsmith: You ask The Questions
Independent Mon, 10 Oct 2005 3:35 AM PDT
So, how can I recycle my mobile? And haven't you got too many children? Zac Goldsmith has been editor of The Ecologist magazine since 1998. As a campaigner and fundraiser, he has worked on issues including agriculture, energy and global trade policy.

Pumpkin growing no walk in the patch
Plymouth Pilot News Mon, 10 Oct 2005 7:50 AM PDT
PLYMOUTH - As the leaves change colors and the temperature drops, Marshall County roads become dotted orange with local pumpkin stands. Many families sell pumpkins, gourds, mums and Indian corn to supplement their income, said Marshall County Agriculture Educator Bob Yoder.

Thrust on agriculture, SSIs
Kaumundi Online Sun, 09 Oct 2005 9:45 AM PDT
KANNUR: The newly-elected district panchayat will lay thrust on agricultural production and small-scale industries. It will also demand that the government take steps to solve shortage of engineering staff in the panchayat as well as doctors at the government hospital here.

Johanns announces $1.7 billion in 2005 CRP payments
Rapid City Journal Sun, 09 Oct 2005 10:00 PM PDT
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue $1.7 billion in Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, payments to participating producers for fiscal year 2005, allowing producers to earn an average of $4,143 per farm enrolled, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced last week.

Fear centered below surface at polluted sites
USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News Mon, 10 Oct 2005 4:39 AM PDT
Hurricane Katrina battered six of the nation's most seriously polluted hazardous waste sites. Now the effects of Hurricane Rita on five other "Superfund" sites are causing even more concern.

RWANDA: New farming project to benefit 75,000 in rural areas
AlertNet Mon, 10 Oct 2005 7:34 AM PDT
NAIROBI, 10 October (IRIN) - A US $8.4 million project, under which several innovative farming methods will be tested, is set to benefit at least 75,000 Rwandans living in rural areas, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has said.

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Symposium 2.5A 18th World Congress

> Dear Colleague
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> The Commission 2.5 "Soil Interfacial Reactions" of the International Union
> of Soil Sciences (IUSS) is organizing the Symposium 2.5A "Soil
> Physicochemical-Biological Interfacial Interactions: Impacts on
> Transformations and Bioavailability of Metals and Metalloids" for the 18th
> World Congress of Soil Science which will be held in Philadelphia,
> Pennsylvania, USA on July 9-15, 2006.
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> Attached, please, find information on this Symposium which serves as a
> forum
> for interactions among scientists on this extremely important and exiting
> area of science on a global scale (Congress website: www.18wcss.org).
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> Be informed that the deadline for submitting abstract has been postponed
> to
> December 1, 2005.
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> We cordially invite you to present a paper and would welcome your
> attendance
> at this Symposium.
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> Sincerely Yours
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> Antonio Violante
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> P. M. Huang
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> Organizers: Dr. A. Violante: Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo,
> della Pianta e dell'Ambiente, Università di Napoli
> Federico II, Portici (Napoli) - ITALY; email: violante@unina.it
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> Dr. P. M. Huang: Department of Soil Science,
> University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon - CANADA;
> email: huangp@sask.usask.ca
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09 Oct 2005


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New Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 10 October 2005 Lexington KY Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 13 October 2005 Columbus OH Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 17 October 2005 Richmond VA Diversity Challenge 2005: Making Race and Culture Work in the World of Work 21 October 2005 Boston MA Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 24 October 2005 Milwaukee WI Multiple Lenses: Voices from the Diaspora located in Canada 26 October 2005 Halifax Canada Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 26 October 2005 Lexington KY Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 02 November 2005 Minneapolis MN Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 03 November 2005 San Francisco California Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 09 November 2005 Milwaukee WI Caspian, Turkey Banking, Finance and Ýnvestment Summit 09 November 2005 ýstanbul Turkey SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting 13 November 2005 Baltimore Maryland Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 14 November 2005 Richmond VA Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 16 November 2005 Lexington KY Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 17 November 2005 Columbus OH Diversity Here and Now: Holistic and Sustainable Approaches to Multicultural Learning 18 November 2005 Minneapolis MN Carbon Connections: Climate Change Opportunities In Agriculture 21 November 2005 Calgary Canada Learn to swim in the Water Industry: Commercial Awareness 23 November 2005 London United Kingdom International Conference on Education Leadership 2005 25 November 2005 Bangkok Thailand VicNet Annual Conference-Contemporary Issues in Governance 28 November 2005 Caulfield campus, Monash University Australia Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 30 November 2005 Minneapolis MN 2005 STEPI International Symposium 30 November 2005 Seoul Korea (South) 3rd International HRD Congress on Human Security and Development: Issues and Perspectives 03 December 2005 Islamabad Pakistan Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 07 December 2005 Milwaukee WI Partnering for Knowledge: Higher Education Development Policies in the Middle East 07 December 2005 Cairo Egypt Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 08 December 2005 Columbus OH Gulf First Urban Planning and Development Conference & Exhibition 11 December 2005 Kuwait Kuwait Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training 12 December 2005 Richmond VA Capital Structure and Convertible Bond Arbitrage 12 December 2005 Hong Kong Hong Kong First WebALT Conference and Exhibition - WebALT2006 05 January 2006 Eindhoven Netherlands THE INNER CIRCLE Workshop 2006/India 02 February 2006 Mumbai India Sixth International Cool Climate Symposium for Viticulture and Oenology 06 February 2006 Christchurch New Zealand Politics and Science : How their Interplay Results in Public Policy 09 February 2006 New York NY War and Security: From Conflict through Resolution 10 February 2006 Calgary Canada HOT TOPICS IN HUMOR...Research, News and How-Tos 16 February 2006 Austin Texas Building a Learning-Centered Institution 17 February 2006 Minneapolis Minnesota Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters 03 March 2006 Rochester Michigan International Conference: Education and Development 09 March 2006 Bangkok Thailand Partnership and Collaboration: Is it more than rhetoric? 13 March 2006 Coventry United Kingdom Asia Power Congress 2006 13 March 2006 Singapore Singapore Asia Mining Congress 2006 28 March 2006 Singapore Singapore Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, Metaphysics Without Apology: Themes from the Work of E. J. Lowe 07 April 2006 Buffalo New York IKECCO'2006 12 April 2006 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan IST-Africa 2006 Conference 03 May 2006 Pretoria South Africa The Fourth Harvard-Smithsonian Conference on Theoretical Astrophysics, The History of Nuclear Black Holes in Galaxies 15 May 2006 Cambridge Massachusetts 12th Annual BACP Research Conference 'The consumer and counselling research' 19 May 2006 Glasgow United Kingdom 12th International Ottawa Conference on Clinical Competence 20 May 2006 New York City New York 5th Int'l Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds 22 May 2006 Monterey California 5th International Conference on DRUGS & YOUNG PEOPLE 24 May 2006 Sydney Australia International Conference on Early Childhood Education 27 May 2006 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia The 2006 Global Conference on Business and Finance: Costa Rica 31 May 2006 San Jose Costa Rica CAPS 2006: Second Workshop on Context Awareness for Proactive Systems 12 June 2006 Kassel Germany Hetero Factory - Challenging Normativity in School and Working Life 13 June 2006 Norrköping Sweden 1st Annual African HIV/AIDS Update Conference 15 June 2006 Nairobi Kenya The Eighteenth Century Now: Recent and Future Directions 23 June 2006 York United Kingdom 37th National Training Program 17 July 2006 Atlanta Georgia 4th World Congress on Computer in Agriculture and Natural Resources 24 July 2006 Orlando Florida ALT-C 2006: the next generation 05 September 2006 Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom Locating Engineers: Education, Knowledge, Desire 10 September 2006 Blacksburg Virginia		Featured events The 2006 Global Conference on Business and Finance: Costa Rica 31 May 2006 San Jose Costa Rica Papers in all areas of business, economics, business education and related fields are welcome. 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October 2005 09 Integrating human dimensions and Coastal zone management for aquaculture. Bonn, Germany Germany 09 International Session - Integrating human dimensions and Coastal zone management for aquaculture. Bonn, Germany Germany 10 Statewide Specialist Inclusive Education Conference Perth Australia 10 6th Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption & Production Melbourne Australia 10 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Lexington KY 11 Recruiting and Retaining Talented Adjunct Faculty online 1-3pm EDT. Learn how to find dedicated part-timefaculty and retain them by providing appropriatesupport and pedagogical assistance. 11 Recruiting and Retaining Talented Adjunct Faculty Online Colorado 11 IBM IT Simplification European Technical Conference Montpellier France 11 The 2nd Annual European Connected Home Forum London United Kingdom 12 ITAFE05 - International Congress On Information Technologies in Agriculture, Food & Environment Adana Turkey 12 Plant Genetics 2005 Snowbird Utah 13 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Columbus OH 13 Poor health, food insecurity and poverty - How to break a vicious circle? Berne Switzerland 13 International Conference on Romanticism 2005: Romantic Metamorphoses and Transformations Colorado Springs Colorado 14 Performing the World 3 Performing the World 3 New York 14 3rd International Conference on Teacher Education and Social Justice Honolulu Hawaii 14 9th Annual Interdisciplinary Approach to Symptom Control, Palliative and Hospice & Board Review Course Houston TX 15 7th Intl Conference AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, ORGANISMS, INNOVATIONS Moscow Russian Federation 15 Internal Medicine - Cardiology - Cruise Conference Sails from Civitavecchia (Rome) Italy 16 Plant Genetics 2005 Snowbird UT 16 Community Economic Development Conferenece 2005 Thredbo Other 17 Building Palliative Care Programs in Hospitals: Tools and Strategies for Success San Diego California 17 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Richmond VA 17 1 st Asian Indoor Games Scientific Congress Bangkok Thailand 17 IBM Rational European Technical Conference Düsseldorf Germany 17 IBM WebSphere European Technical Conference Düsseldorf Germany 17 Second National Lake Victoria Environmental Management Conference Kisumu Kenya 18 Biotechnica Hannover Germany 18 Central and Eastern European Refining and Petrochemicals 8th Annual Roundtable Warsaw, Poland Poland 19 6th Biennial Residue-To-Revenue, Residual Wood Conference Richmond Canada 19 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2005) Indianapolis Indiana 19 Renaissance studies: new methodological approaches Cracow Poland 19 International Conference on Language, Communication, and Culture: Dialoques and Contexts in Focus Bangkok Thailand Thailand 20 13th Annual HIV/AIDS Update Conference/Border Health Summit South Padre Island Texas This conference has been designed to provide HIV/AIDS update training to professionals and care givers. This conference is a global venue to discuss the future of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. 21 NEW Diversity Challenge 2005: Making Race and Culture Work in the World of Work Boston MA 21 DIG 2005 Saint John Canada 21 Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) annual conference 2005 Belfast, United Kingdom We encourage papers on a wide range of topics,including but not limited to, the politics of theRepublic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. 24 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Milwaukee WI 24 Conference: International Conference on Lepidopterous Cereal Stem and Cob Borers in Africa Nairobi Kenya 24 Academic Science Buildings St. Petersburg FL 24 BioNetwork 2005 Niguel CA 25 mLearn 2005 (Mobile Learning) Cape Town South Africa 25 International Conference on Church in Development Ekpoma Nigeria 25 11TH ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & REGULATION IN ALBERTA Calgary Canada 25 Finance and Treasury management in the Caribbean Montego Bay Jamaica 26 International Conference on Educational Technology, ICET 2005 Budapest Hungary 26 NEW Multiple Lenses: Voices from the Diaspora located in Canada Halifax Canada The purpose of the conference is to explore the complexity of being identified as Black and Canadian and how this relates to the notion of 'citizenship'. 26 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Lexington KY 26 International Conference on Plant Genomics & Biotechnology: Challenges & Opportunities Indira Gandhi Agril. University India 27 Caribbean Business and Management International Congress. Competitive reality: 2015 perspective Cozumel Mexico 27 Girls 2005! Changing the Culture for Girls Tampa Florida 27 Enrollment Management for Colleges & Universities 2005 Boston Massachusetts 27 The Future Ain't What It Used To Be - Planning for Climate Disruption Seattle Washington 31 World Conference on Physics and Sustainable Development Durban South Africa November 2005 01 EHR Summit VI, EMR Functionality: Exploring ROI in Functional Benefits Indianapolis Other 02 Teaching and Learning in a Global Context Rome Italy 02 Higher Education in Malaysia and Australia 2005: a regional research forum on higher education Wollongong Australia 02 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Minneapolis MN 02 Northeast Regional Technical Seminar on Hydraulic Analysis for Spillways princeton New Jersey 03 Where's the Patient's Voice in Health Professional Education? Vancouver Canada 03 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training San Francisco California 03 Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society Minneapolis 03 Hope2005 Mumbai, India 03 Hope 2005 Mumbai India 04 e-vocational 2005 birmingham United Kingdom 04 Labeling Genetically Modified Food: An Interdisciplinary Conference Columbia Missouri 04 16th Novembertagung on the History of Mathematics paris France 04 17th Annual UC Davis Anesthesiology Update Monterey California 04 Cash and Treasury management in Poland Cash and Treasury management in Poland Poland 06 Identifying Strategies to Support Sustainable Agriculture in Canada / À la recherche de stratégies de soutien de l'agriculture durable au Canada Loews Le Concorde, Quebec City Canada Environmental sustainability, economic profitability and social sustainability are keyareas to be addressed at this Forum. Optional Farm tours will complete the program. Register onlineathttp://www.aic.ca/conferences/registration_online.cfm 06 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting Fort Lauderdale Florida 07 CEEHR 2005 Budapest Hungary 07 Lubrication Specialist Intensive Training (Preparatory C LS, STLE) Selangor Malaysia 07 IBM eServer pSeries, AIX & Linux European Technical Conference Barcelona Spain 08 Cash and treasury Management in Central and Eastern Europe Prague Czech Republic 09 IPSI-2005 VENICE Venice Italy 09 Sport and Urban Development rotterdam Netherlands 09 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Milwaukee WI 09 Cash and Treasury Management in China Shanghai China 09 Intulo Australia 2005 Gekko Operations and Maintenance Training Conference South Stradbroke Island, (1hr from Brisbane) Australia 09 NEW Caspian, Turkey Banking, Finance and Ýnvestment Summit ýstanbul Turkey 10 Towards Lisbon 2010 Rome Italy 10 Agricultural and Rural Development in Asia: Ideas, Paradigms, and Policies Three Decades After Makati Philippines 11 SPSS Users Meeting 2005 York United Kingdom 11 day of provocation Perth Australia 11 EXPOLINGUA Praha Prague Czech Republic 13 NEW SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting Baltimore Maryland 14 Open Source for Education in Europe Heerlen The Netherlands 14 INAUGURAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ENGLISH IN ASIA Penang Malaysia 14 4th INTERNATIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP ON SELF-LEARNING MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT Penang Malaysia 14 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Richmond VA 14 Cash and Treasury Management in Hungary Budapest Hungary 14 5th Annual New York Metro Network Security Forum New York City Millennium Broadway Hotel 15 Jordanian Internatioal Electrical & Electronics Engineering Conference 2005 Amman Jordan 15 World of Learning Birmingham United Kingdom 15 Trade, Treasury and Investment in Korea Seoul Korea (South) 16 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Lexington KY 16 Cash and Treasury Management in Romania Bucharest Romania 17 11th Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN) Orlando Florida The conference focuses on the theme of The Power of Online Learning: Mobilizing to Expand Community and will feature over 100 presentations from 3 tracks: Growth Challenges, Effective Online Instruction, & Institutional Transformation 17 The Role of NGOs in Creating a World Fit for Children Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 17 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Columbus OH 18 EXPOLINGUA Berlin Berlin Germany 18 2nd ENYSSP Workshop Ghent Belgium 18 NEW Diversity Here and Now: Holistic and Sustainable Approaches to Multicultural Learning Minneapolis MN 18 Cash and Treasury Management in Bulgaria Sofia Bulgaria 19 FAO Special Conference on Small Island Developing States Rome Italy 21 NEW Carbon Connections: Climate Change Opportunities In Agriculture Calgary Canada 21 LANGUAGE,CULTURE AND GLOBALIZATION owerri Nigeria 21 Third International Conference on Energy Research & Development (ICERD-3) Kuwait City Kuwait 21 Cash and Treasury Management in Croatia Zagreb Croatia (Hrvatska 21 IBM SMB and Midrange European Solutions Technical Conference Prague Czech Republic 21 IBM SecureWorld European Conference Prague Czech Republic 22 Mines and Money 2005 London United Kingdom 22 Treasury and Risk Management in India New Delhi India 23 NEW Learn to swim in the Water Industry: Commercial Awareness London United Kingdom 24 Women Doing Research Gladstone Australia 24 postgraduate workshop on ethnicities and education Birmingham United Kingdom 25 15th Australian Space Research Institute (ASRI) Conference Brisbane Australia 25 NEW International Conference on Education Leadership 2005 Bangkok Thailand 26 ACBSP - The Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs Conference Dubai United Arab Emirates 27 World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) Waikato New Zealand 27 Science, Technology & Innovation Policy executive program Cambridge Massachusetts 28 MSACROA 75th Annual Conference Philadelphia Pennsylvania 28 Auto Logistics & SCM World China 2005 Shanghai China 28 FOODWORLD INDIA 2005 New Delhi India 28 NEW VicNet Annual Conference-Contemporary Issues in Governance Caulfield campus, Monash University Australia 29 Linkages between Population and Millennium Development Goals: An Asian Perspective Islamabad Pakistan 30 Online Educa Berlin 2005: 11th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training Berlin Germany 30 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Minneapolis MN 30 NEW 2005 STEPI International Symposium Seoul Korea (South) December 2005 02 Best Practice in TEFL Cairo Egypt 03 NEW 3rd International HRD Congress on Human Security and Development: Issues and Perspectives Islamabad Pakistan 04 The Australasian Society for Computers In Learning In Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Brisbane Australia 05 Fuel Choice Asia Summit 2005 Hong Kong Hong Kong 06 World Scrap Metal Congress 2005 Shanghai China 07 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Milwaukee WI 07 NEW Partnering for Knowledge: Higher Education Development Policies in the Middle East Cairo Egypt 08 IPSI-2005 POLAND Warsaw Poland 08 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Columbus OH 09 International Conference on Education Singapore Other 10 Third International Conference on Innovative Applications of Information Technology for the Developing World (AACC 2005) Kathmandu Nepal 10 13th RACI Analytical and Environment Divisions R&D Topics 2005 Mt Eliza Australia 11 NEW Gulf First Urban Planning and Development Conference & Exhibition Kuwait Kuwait 12 NEW Fast-Track Your Palliative Care Program: Palliative Care Leadership Center Training Richmond VA 12 NEW Capital Structure and Convertible Bond Arbitrage Hong Kong Hong Kong 12 National Academy of Sciences Sackler Tapestry of Life Colloquium Irvine California 12 International Conference on Advances in Materials, Product Design and Manufacturing Systems Sathyamangalam INDIA 14 IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age Porto, Portugal Portugal 14 International Conference on Natural Farming and Farmers' Knowledge Hisar India 21 TAC2005, Tac 2005: 1st Internatiobnal Conference onTraffic Accident s (University of Tehran) Tehran Iran 28 National Conference on Synergic Solutions for Sustainable Development - Prescription for prosperity Srinivasanagara, Surathkal, Mangalore, India India January 2006 02 College Teaching and Learning Conference Orlando Florida Present papers in all areas of college teachingand learning. Acceptable topics includecurriculum, accreditation, teaching methods,teacher training and education, and relatedtopics. See our website for a more complete listof topics. 05 NEW First WebALT Conference and Exhibition - WebALT2006 Eindhoven Netherlands 05 EURECO-2006 / The Eurasian Rectors' Council, Winter Meeting Bangkok Thailand 12 a NYC 23 The Fifth IASTED International Conference on Web-based Education Puerto Vallarta Mexico 23 International Conference on Application of Radiotracers in Chemical, Environmental and Biological Sciences (ARCEBS 06) Kolkata India 31 West Regional Technical Seminar on Hydraulic Analysis for Spillways Las Vegas Nevada February 2006 02 NEW THE INNER CIRCLE Workshop 2006/India Mumbai India 06 CAUTHE 2006 - to the city and beyond... Melbourne Australia 06 CAUTHE 2006: Council for Australian University Tourism & Hospitality Education Melbourne Australia 06 NEW Sixth International Cool Climate Symposium for Viticulture and Oenology Christchurch New Zealand 08 Academic Chairpersons Conference Orlando Florida 09 NEW Politics and Science : How their Interplay Results in Public Policy New York NY 10 NEW War and Security: From Conflict through Resolution Calgary Canada 13 International Education, A Matter of Heart Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 16 NEW HOT TOPICS IN HUMOR...Research, News and How-Tos Austin Texas 17 NEW Building a Learning-Centered Institution Minneapolis Minnesota 18 2nd Environmental Physics Conference Cairo Egypt 22 Investment Education Symposium New Orleans Louisiana 27 7th Annual Middle East Refining Conference Dubai United Arab Emirates March 2006 01 Missiology, Science and Modernity. Interaction and Comparison of Protestants and Catholics 1850-1939 Rome Italy 03 NEW Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters Rochester Michigan 06 1st World Congress on Power of Language: Theory, Practice, and Performance Bangkok Thailand 09 International Conference on Early Childhood Education Arnhem Netherlands 09 NEW International Conference: Education and Development Bangkok Thailand 10 2nd International Nonlinear Science Conference - Research & Application in Behavioral, Social & Life Sciences Heraklion Greece 13 NEW Partnership and Collaboration: Is it more than rhetoric? Coventry United Kingdom 13 NEW Asia Power Congress 2006 Singapore Singapore 16 Empire, Borderlands, & Border Cultures Stanislaus California 27 Biocontainment Facilities 2006 St. Petersburg FL 28 NEW Asia Mining Congress 2006 Singapore Singapore April 2006 03 International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS2006) Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 05 Midwest Regional Technical Seminar on Safety Evaluation of Existing Dams Indianapolis Indiana 07 LITERARY STUDIES IN OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Ierapetra, Crete, Greece Other 07 NEW Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, Metaphysics Without Apology: Themes from the Work of E. J. Lowe Buffalo New York 08 Faith, Spirituality and Social Change Winchester United Kingdom 12 NEW IKECCO'2006 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 19 Southern African Society for Co-operative Education Conference Vanderbijl Park South Africa 26 BioVisionAlexandria 2006 Alexandria Egypt May 2006 01 Research Buildings 2006 Boston MA 03 NEW IST-Africa 2006 Conference Pretoria South Africa 07 209th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society Denver 09 58th International Symposium on Crop Protection Gent Belgium 15 NEW The Fourth Harvard-Smithsonian Conference on Theoretical Astrophysics, The History of Nuclear Black Holes in Galaxies Cambridge Massachusetts 19 Home and Away: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives London United Kingdom 19 NEW 12th Annual BACP Research Conference 'The consumer and counselling research' Glasgow United Kingdom 20 NEW 12th International Ottawa Conference on Clinical Competence New York City New York The biennial Ottawa Conferences are now thelargest regularly held meetings on clinicalcompetence and medical education. The aim of thesemeetings is to assemble health care educators fromaround the world to share educational experiences. 22 NEW 5th Int'l Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds Monterey California 24 NEW 5th International Conference on DRUGS & YOUNG PEOPLE Sydney Australia 27 NEW International Conference on Early Childhood Education Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 31 NEW The 2006 Global Conference on Business and Finance: Costa Rica San Jose Costa Rica Papers in all areas of business, economics, business education and related fields are welcome. Papers that are awarded the Outstanding Research Award at the conference will be offered publication in the IJBFR Journal. wwww.theibfr.com June 2006 02 First Symposium on Philosophy, History, and Methodology of ERROR (Experimental Reasoning, Reliability, Objectivity and Rationality) Blacksburg Virginia 06 Knowledge Management International Conference & Exhibition 2006 (KMICE06) Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 07 Place, Taste, and Sustenance: The Social Spaces of Food and Agriculture Boston Massachusetts 12 NEW CAPS 2006: Second Workshop on Context Awareness for Proactive Systems Kassel Germany 13 NEW Hetero Factory - Challenging Normativity in School and Working Life Norrköping Sweden 14 Performance Studies International #12 (PSi#12) - Performing Rights London United Kingdom 15 NEW 1st Annual African HIV/AIDS Update Conference Nairobi Kenya 23 NEW The Eighteenth Century Now: Recent and Future Directions York United Kingdom 28 ISCAS - 10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Computer Aided Surgery Osaka Japan July 2006 06 Metaphysics 2006: Third World Conference Rome Italy 06 Summer Conference 2006 Lethbridge Canada 09 18th World Congress of Soil Science - Frontiers of Soil Science: Technology and the Information Age Philadelphia Pennsylvania 10 10th International Conference on Experiential Learning: INSPIRING LEADERS - Experiential Learning and Developing Leadership Lancaster United Kingdom The conference will showcase and exchange ideasand insights about the nature of leadership andhow the process of experiential learning candevelop and strengthen leadership for individuals,groups, companies, communities and society. 10 Academy of world Business,Marketing & Management Development 2006 Paris Other 12 First Year in Higher Education Conference Brisbane Australia 17 NEW 37th National Training Program Atlanta Georgia 24 NEW 4th World Congress on Computer in Agriculture and Natural Resources Orlando Florida 27 Lumos 2006: A Harry Potter Symposium Las Vegas Nevada August 2006 05 Plant Biology 2006 Boston Massachusetts 16 7th International Congress of the Asian Society for Vascular Surgery 2006 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 23 Sustainable Development york uk United Kingdom September 2006 04 MApEC 2006 - Multimedia Applications in Education 2006 Graz, Austria Austria 05 NEW ALT-C 2006: the next generation Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom 10 NEW Locating Engineers: Education, Knowledge, Desire Blacksburg Virginia 10 Dam Safety 2006: ASDSO's Annual Conference Boston Masschusetts 24 15th Australian Weeds Conference: Managing Weeds in a Changing Climate Adelaide Australia October 2006 01 AARE National Conference: Wine, Whales & Wildflowers. Perth Australia 02 Australian Computers in Education Conference 2006 (ACEC 2006) Cairns Australia July 2007 08 World Conference on Science and Technology Education Perth Australia

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Field peas prevent wind erosion

Saturday, October 8, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

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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Soil quality declining coz of fertilizer overuse

Friday, October 7, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

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.

American Soil Technologies Expands Marketing Initiatives with P. Allen Smith for the Company's Nutrimoist Product Line
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Fri, 07 Oct 2005 6:00 AM PDT
American Soil Technologies Inc. announced today that it has entered into a marketing and advertising agreement with Hortus Ltd., P. Allen Smith's television production and media company, to promote its Nutrimoist line.

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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How to apply

Thursday, October 6, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

Screening Process In Agriculture To Be Launched In December
TurkishPress.com Wed, 05 Oct 2005 9:03 AM PDT
ANKARA - The screening process in areas of agriculture and rural affairs will be launched on December 5th, sources said on Wednesday.

Mycogen Seeds announces new Herculex RW grain corn hybrids
SeedQuest Thu, 06 Oct 2005 7:20 AM PDT
Mycogen Seeds is an affiliate of Dow AgroSciences LLC, one of the trait’s developers, which recently received confirmation that the Environmental Protection Agency has accepted registration for Herculex RW. The trait has also received deregulated status from the United States Department of Agriculture and successfully completed the consultation process with the Food and Drug Administration.

How to apply
Iowa Farmer Thu, 06 Oct 2005 6:37 AM PDT
>Present your project idea to someone at your local Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) office. If your project is eligible, submit an application.

Ag Secretary Johanns Announces $1.7 Billion in Conservation Reserve Program Payments
Grainnet.com Thu, 06 Oct 2005 6:43 AM PDT
Lubbock, TX--Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced Octo. 5 that USDA will issue $1.7 billion in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) payments to participating producers for fiscal year 2005, allowing producers to earn an average of $4,143 per farm enrolled.

LPP Approves 10-Year Rubber Program For Philippines
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News Thu, 06 Oct 2005 3:30 AM PDT
North Cotabato's rubber advocacy got a boost from the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) which passed a resolution asking the Department of Agriculture (DA) to allocate P15 million (US$268,000) per province for a 10-year rubber planting program.

Worm tunnels may be funneling contaminants to drainage pipes
Tri-State Neighbor Thu, 06 Oct 2005 6:19 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.

Technology Crops International leads commercialization efforts with new crop designed to replace imported oils
SeedQuest Wed, 05 Oct 2005 8:20 PM PDT
Morris, M.N. September 30 , 2005 It is harvest time for a little-known specialty crop grown in the central Midwest that could have a significant impact on U.S. agriculture.

Ellie's pumpkin show threatened by disease
The Times Argus Thu, 06 Oct 2005 3:01 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.

By DENISE SULLIVAN
Medina-Gazette Wed, 05 Oct 2005 10:10 PM PDT
MEDINA — The Medina County Soil and Water Conservation District will begin a three-year project to identify areas that are high priority for conservation using funds from an Ohio Lake Erie Commission grant.

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Toxic gumbo

Agronomy, crop, and soil science research to be presented in Salt ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... Our New Horizons: Education, Environment, Exploration, Experimentation ... of agronomy, crop and soil sciences by ... professional growth and science policy initiatives ...

Arcadia Biosciences and Washington State University Receive NIH ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... biotechnology company focused on products that benefit the environment and human ... RA Nilan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Science. ...

Battling Bioinvaders
American Scientist - USA
... story of the development of the science of invasion ... This plant enriches the soil by fixing nitrogen, but ... chemical means is costly and may harm the environment. ...

Toxic gumbo
Salon - USA
... trucks and boats, conducting water, soil and air ... threats to public health, welfare, or the environment.". ... 12, EPA Science Advisory Board member Richard Gilbert ...

Sixth-graders, surrounded by nature, learn to preserve it
Syracuse Post Standard - Syracuse,NY,USA
... Also, the environment is a big part of the sixth-grade science curriculum ... really bad to trample on the roots when you walk because it causes soil erosion," he ...

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Web Soil Survey Now Available

JOHANNS ANNOUNCES $1.7 BILLION IN CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM ...
USDA.gov (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
5, 2005 - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced that USDA will issue $1.7 ... to preserve the natural resources we all depend on - soil, water and air ...

Water issues to be tackled
China Daily - China
... consumption for irrigation by increasing the efficiency of water used for agriculture. ... rivers with fragile ecosystems through controlling water and soil erosion ...

Screening Process In Agriculture To Be Launched In December
Anatolian Times - Anakara,Turkey
... this framework, Soil Products Office (TMO) is expected to be turned into an agricultural intervention and incentive organ. Currently, Turkish Agriculture & ...

Web Soil Survey Now Available
Marshall County Journal - Britton,SD,USA
... It took cooperative efforts to get the soil surveys in an ... Dakota Conservation Districts, County Governments, South Dakota Department of Agriculture, and the ...

Disturbing the Soil As Little As Possible -- Conservation ...
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... Unlike conventional farming methods, conservation agriculture disturbs the soil as little as possible. Instead of ploughing, farmers ...

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Worm tunnels may be funneling contaminants to drainage pipes

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

New report examines innovative conservation technologies in agriculture
SeedQuest Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:33 AM PDT
The report highlights the way in which plant science technologies deliver a range of benefits such as more efficient use of water, reduction in soil erosion, increased biodiversity, better air quality and increased farm incomes.

Agriculture Summary: Corn Harvest 26 Percent Complete
CattleNetwork.com Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:45 AM PDT
The remnants of Hurricane Rita caused widespread but moderate rainfall as the system moved through the middle Mississippi Valley and eastern Corn Belt . Meanwhile, arid conditions along the western Gulf Coast helped dry out fields soaked by Rita during the previous week.

Manure Values Strengthen
Ag Report Tue, 04 Oct 2005 8:48 AM PDT
REGINA - Oct 4/05 - SNS -- Cattle manure is attaining new economic value because of surging fertilizer and gas prices, notes Trevor Lennox, a Forage Industry Development Specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food.

Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes
Prairie Star Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:11 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.

Worm tunnels may be funneling contaminants to drainage pipes
Tri-State Neighbor Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:22 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.

Dry conditions slow planting
Montanaforum.com Tue, 04 Oct 2005 1:01 PM PDT
Montana farmers have fallen behind last year in planting their winter wheat, but a federal agriculture official said Monday the pace is more in line with a five-year average.

Could Birds and Bats Help Rebuild Forests?
ABC News Wed, 05 Oct 2005 3:53 AM PDT
Scientists Propose Spreading Seeds With Winged Help

Environmentally friendly grass seed production
SeedQuest Wed, 05 Oct 2005 7:18 AM PDT
Under the right circumstances, grass seed farmers in Oregon's Willamette Valley can make a profit--and help wildlife to thrive--during the rainy fall and winter seasons, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators.

PHILIPPINES' SOUTH COTABATO SEEKS TO PROMOTE ORGANIC FARMING
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:00 PM PDT
Chemicals Some 1,242 palay and corn farmers in the Philippines' South Cotabato received organic granular fertilizers from the provincial government as part of its continuing campaign to promote organic farming and the use of organic fertilizers in the province.

Harvesting organic
The Enterprise Wed, 05 Oct 2005 7:09 AM PDT
In Plympton, organic farmers Ron and Connie Maribett are finally seeing the fruits of their labor. Five years ago, the blueberry growers from Kingston took over Colchester Farm.

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Muslims in America - Four Years After 9/11

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 4:30 AM PDT

Lawmaker: Shift spending to storm costs
Louisville Courier-Journal Wed, 05 Oct 2005 2:07 AM PDT
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Ron Lewis estimates that last year he brought back from Washington almost $4 million in local projects for Kentucky's 2nd District.

Muslims in America - Four Years After 9/11
News From Bangladesh Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:19 PM PDT
My friends and family members, living outside the United States, often ask me about how the aftermath has been for Muslims living in America. Answering the question is not as simple because one s personal experiences would vary....

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American Soil Technologies and UTEK Corporation Announces

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

American Soil Technologies and UTEK Corporation Announces Strategic Alliance
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 04 Oct 2005 6:37 AM PDT
American Soil Technologies, Inc. , a leading supplier of super-absorbent polymer soil amendments and other related products in the turf, retail, horticulture and agricultural markets, announced today the signing of a strategic alliance agreement with UTEK Corporation ; , an innovative technology transfer company.

Cotton growers asked to burn affected crop
Daily Times Mon, 03 Oct 2005 3:48 PM PDT
HYDERABAD: The Sindh agriculture department has advised the cotton growers to cut and burn the crop affected by mealy bug pest immediately and plough the fields to kill nascent pests present in soil.

High Plains Journal Farm and Ranch Magazine
High Plains Journal Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:59 AM PDT
OMAHA (DTN) -- Conservation agriculture holds considerable promise for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa because it can control soil erosion, reverse land degradation, give more stable yields and reduce labor and fuel needs, United Nations Foreign Agricultural Organization (FAO) said today on the eve of the Third World Congress on Conservation Agriculture in Nairobi October 3-7, 2005. Spooner said

Dry conditions slow planting
Billings Gazette Tue, 04 Oct 2005 5:49 AM PDT
Montana farmers have fallen behind last year in planting their winter wheat, but a federal agriculture official said Monday the pace is more in line with a five-year average.

Local News - The Daily Times - www.delmarvanow.com
The Daily Times Tue, 04 Oct 2005 2:11 AM PDT
A few schools of bait fish that could fit in the bed of a pickup truck created a hysteria that cost millions in research, prompted new legislation for agriculture and put a dent in two of Maryland's biggest industries.

Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes
Prairie Star Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:42 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.

Wasting-Disease Culprit May Be Tongue - New York Times
New York Times Mon, 03 Oct 2005 5:53 PM PDT
The mystery of how deer and elk spread chronic wasting disease from one animal to another may be solved: their tongues are infectious.

Europe's Only Cranberry Farmer May Need U.S. Help (Update1)
Bloomberg.com Tue, 04 Oct 2005 0:32 AM PDT
Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Joop van Urk, owner of Europe's only cranberry bog, roams the dunes of the Dutch island of Terschelling, killing weeds that may hurt his harvest.

Star Courier Online
Kewanee Star Courier Tue, 04 Oct 2005 7:58 AM PDT
Facelift in the future for Cambridge? CAMBRIDGE -- Downtown Cambridge could get a facelift soon. At the same time, the village might permit building owners to put in ground-floor apartments.

Invasive weed fuels wildfires on Big Isle
Honolulu Advertiser Tue, 04 Oct 2005 7:57 AM PDT
The cause of a runaway brush fire in August that forced thousands of Waikoloa residents from their homes, schools and businesses remains unknown, but officials said the reason it spread so quickly to consume 25,000 acres is no mystery: Blame it on fountain grass.

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Spuds are big business for New Hartford farmer

Monday, October 3, 2005 8:03 AM PDT

Sarmento's a wise steward of resources
Salinas Californian Mon, 03 Oct 2005 5:06 AM PDT
Ralph "Bud" Sarmento, owner and manager of Old Oak Ranch in Soledad, cares about water issues and soil erosion, seeing himself as steward of the land, he said.

Agriculture inspectors keep eyes peeled for contraband
Honolulu Advertiser Sun, 02 Oct 2005 8:23 AM PDT
Departing passengers Barbara and Chuck Curry of Corvallis, Ore., surrendered a container of cut bananas from Kaua'i while Nancy and Jim Riley of San Diego gave up a baggie containing watermelon.

Kissimmee owes design to state chemist Rufus Rose
Orlando Sentinel Sun, 02 Oct 2005 8:12 AM PDT
Agriculture and Florida's environmental inventory have been on the radar for a long time.

Cut the lights, cut the crickets;
Brownwood Bulletin Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:15 PM PDT
early fall. Field cricket eggs are laid in the fall. A single female cricket may lay from 150-400 eggs. Eggs remain in the soil throughout the winter and hatch the following spring. Field crickets are primarily outdoor insects but can be a considerable household pest when abundant.

www.theage.com.au
The Age Mon, 03 Oct 2005 7:11 AM PDT
To Richard Flanagan, bread is the very stuff of life, salted with simplicity and leavened with love. HAVE no words, my darling, to write this letter that you may never read.

Louisiana Ecological Harm Called Unprecedented
Environmental News Network Mon, 03 Oct 2005 3:56 AM PDT
The environmental damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita is unparalleled in its scope and variety, scientists say, with massive oil spills blanketing marshes, sediment smothering vast fishing grounds, and millions of gallons of raw sewage scattered in New Orleans and along the 400-mile Louisiana coast.

N.C.'s Burgeoning Wine Industry Facing Challenges
WRAL-TV 5 Raleigh Mon, 03 Oct 2005 4:09 AM PDT
Like many North Carolinians who've ventured into growing wine grapes, Van and Kathy Coe came from farming families but didn't consider themselves farmers.

Two dead, thousands flee as killing volcano erupts in El Salvador
Pravda Ru Mon, 03 Oct 2005 3:23 AM PDT
The largest volcano of El Salvador erupted for the first time in a century on Saturday, killing two people and forcing thousands to evacuate their homes.

Grower Drops Suspect Pesticides
RedNova Mon, 03 Oct 2005 2:05 AM PDT
By CHRISTINE STAPLETON; CHRISTINE EVANS Palm Beach Post Staff Writers Ag-Mart Produce, the giant Florida tomato grower at the center of an investigation involving three deformed babies born to fieldworkers, announced Friday it will no longer use pesticides that have been linked to birth defects.

Spuds are big business for New Hartford farmer
Republican American Mon, 03 Oct 2005 2:05 AM PDT
NEW HARTFORD -- It's not a crop the state is known for, but designer potatoes have become big business for roadside stands. Farmer Bruce Gresczyk is now counted as the second largest of a half-dozen growers in the state (an Enfield grower is the largest).

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New farming ideas planted in Nigeria

Sunday, October 2, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

Under Vast Sheets of White Plastic Enveloping Spain, Britain's Tomatoes Are Being Grown Without Soil in a Soup of
RedNova Sat, 01 Oct 2005 7:15 PM PDT
By TOM RAWSTORNE HOVERING over a bank of computers, Antonio Moreno checks and rechecks the combination of chemicals. The levels of magnesium and potassium nitrate are up, and he is now considering slightly tweaking the nitric acid. 'Everything has to be precisely measured,' he says.

FRANKENFARMS ; Under Vast Sheets of White Plastic Enveloping Spain, Britain's Tomatoes Are Being Grown Without Soil in
RedNova Sat, 01 Oct 2005 5:12 PM PDT
By TOM RAWSTORNE HOVERING over a bank of computers, Antonio Moreno checks and rechecks the combination of chemicals. The levels of magnesium and potassium nitrate are up, and he is now considering slightly tweaking the nitric acid.

Field of Growth
Winston-Salem Journal Sat, 01 Oct 2005 10:29 PM PDT
MOUNT AIRY - Last month, the N.C. Grape Council added the word "wine" to its name and moved from the N.C. Department of Agriculture to the N.C. Division of Tourism. The move indicated a small but significant shift in thinking about the state's growing wine industry.

College News for Oct. 2
The Advocate Messenger Sun, 02 Oct 2005 6:33 AM PDT
National College of Business and Technology: Anita Newcomb of Stanford, business administration manager.

New farming ideas planted in Nigeria
Sun-Sentinel Sun, 02 Oct 2005 0:36 AM PDT
TSONGA, Nigeria Â· The foreigners who came thousands of miles to the grasslands of western Nigeria seemed like a spectacular circus act to the area's subsistence farmers.

Garage, house fire reported Saturday in Newark
The Advocate Sun, 02 Oct 2005 5:05 AM PDT
NEWARK -- The Newark Fire Department responded to a fire at 5:35 a.m. Saturday. The garage fire, at 667 Meadow Drive, Newark, spread to part of the house, according to the fire department.

Examples of conservation practices that producers have installed under previous EQIP sign-ups are:
Chico Enterprise-Record Sun, 02 Oct 2005 0:10 AM PDT
Applications are now being accepted for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The program provides a voluntary conservation program for farmers and ranchers to address natural resource concerns.

Botulism outbreak seems to have spread
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sat, 01 Oct 2005 10:49 PM PDT
A botulism outbreak, discovered in wild ducks in the Horicon Marsh's federal refuge in August, appears to have spread to the state wildlife area to the south.

NewsAdvance.com | What's killing College Lake?
The News & Advance Sat, 01 Oct 2005 8:41 PM PDT
What's killing College Lake? If itâ€™s not dead, College Lake is getting pretty darn close. Thatâ€™s the prognosis from Tom Shahady, an environmental scientist at Lynchburg College who has been warning for several years that the lake is filling in too fast from sedimentation.

News briefs from California
SanLuisObispo.com Sat, 01 Oct 2005 2:51 PM PDT
STOCKTON, Calif. - As other communities struggle with ways to cover budget shortfalls, San Joaquin County officials are pondering what to do with a $28.8 million surplus.

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Farmers Step-Up Biotech Crops

Saturday, October 1, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

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 â€” 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 â€” 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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Environmental Defense Praises Changes To The Conservation Reserve

Friday, September 30, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

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CBS News Thu, 29 Sep 2005 7:30 PM PDT
Cornell University scientists have developed a genetically engineeered strain of rice that is more resistant to drought and salty soil and is at the same time highly productive.

High hopes not expected for harvest
Wahpeton News Thu, 29 Sep 2005 1:28 PM PDT
The growing season this year for Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative at Wahpeton has been challenging to say the least, Tom Knudsen, vice president of Agriculture with Minn-Dak said.

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2005 Article IV Consultation with Lesotho
IMF Thu, 29 Sep 2005 3:36 PM PDT
Real GDP growth weakened to about 2 percent in 2004/05, from over 3 percent in the preceding two years, mainly due to the impact of adverse shocks affecting manufacturing and agriculture.

Environmental Defense Praises Changes To The Conservation Reserve Program
Environmental Defense Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:01 AM PDT
Environmental Defense today praised the decision by Secretary Johanns of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to selectively reenroll and extend expiring contracts in the Conservation Reserve Program.

Use of no-till farming spreads as crops thrive
International Herald Tribune Thu, 29 Sep 2005 4:03 PM PDT
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 savannas.

La. ecological harm called unprecedented
Boston Globe Fri, 30 Sep 2005 0:56 AM PDT
NEW ORLEANS -- The environmental damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita is unparalleled in its scope and variety, scientists say, with massive oil spills blanketing marshes, sediment smothering vast fishing grounds, and millions of gallons of raw sewage scattered in New Orleans and along the 400-mile Louisiana coast.

Garst Seed Company hires area agronomist in Nebraska
SeedQuest Thu, 29 Sep 2005 4:33 PM PDT
Garst Seed Company recently hired Brett McDonald as an area agronomist in Nebraska. McDonald will provide agronomic support to growers in south central and southeast Nebraska. He will be based in Phillips, Nebraska.

Chief Demands آ¢4.5bn From Anglogold
Ghanaweb.com Fri, 30 Sep 2005 6:33 AM PDT
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI is faced with the payment of a grand total of آ¢4.5 billion as compensation for damages caused to Ayanfuri stool lands from its mining operations.

On-farm funding for climate change and water supply projects
The Community Press Fri, 30 Sep 2005 7:28 AM PDT
Ontario farm and agribusiness operators now have access to over $20-million in their ongoing efforts to care for the health of the environment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

THE PILOT LIGHT: One-Stop Voting Begins Oct. 20
Southern Pines Pilot Fri, 30 Sep 2005 5:23 AM PDT
Absentee ballots will be issued to voters in 10 of the 11 municipalities in Moore County. Cameron is the only municipality where absentee ballots are not authorized, according to county Elections Director Glenda Clendenin.

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Conservation planning sign-up pilot announced

Thursday, September 29, 2005 8:05 AM PDT

General assembly of IFOAM approves principles of organic agriculture
SeedQuest Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:47 AM PDT
The General Assembly of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) approved the revised Principles of Organic Agriculture, resulting from an intense two-year participatory process.

Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes
Prairie Star Thu, 29 Sep 2005 7:41 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.

High Plains Journal Farm and Ranch Magazine
High Plains Journal Thu, 29 Sep 2005 7:45 AM PDT
OMAHA (DTN) -- In a USDA release, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns says farmers and ranchers can re-enroll or extend their Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts expiring in 2007 through 2010. This effort fulfills the commitment President Bush made last year to underscore the Administration's commitment to improving the environment and protecting the nation's wildlife habitat, water and

TAIWAN'S COA STOPPING CONTAMINATED DUCK EGGS FROM ENTERING MARKET
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance Wed, 28 Sep 2005 6:42 PM PDT
Regulations / Law The Council of Agriculture (COA) took emergency measures Wednesday to stop allegedly contaminated duck eggs produced at a central Taiwan farm from entering the market.

Intermap Announces USDA-NRCS Purchase of NEXTMap USA Data
CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 29 Sep 2005 5:00 AM PDT
DENVER, COLORADO-- - Intermap Technologies, announced today that it has received a contract from the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service for Intermap's NEXTMap USA data.

USDA Secretary Mike Johanns Announces CRP Contract Re-Enrollments and Extensions
Grainnet.com Wed, 28 Sep 2005 1:56 PM PDT
Washington, DC-- Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns says farmers and ranchers can re-enroll or extend their Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts expiring in 2007 through 2010.

Conservation planning sign-up pilot announced
Farm And Ranch Guide Wed, 28 Sep 2005 9:52 AM PDT
U.S. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner announced that nine states are participating in the first conservation planning sign-up, a pilot initiative that emphasizes the importance of conservation planning to help farmers and ranchers be better prepared to apply for conservation programs and to comply with federal, state, tribal and local environmental regulations.

Worm tunnels may be funneling contaminants to drainage pipes
Tri-State Neighbor Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:09 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.

Joel Makower: Factory Farming Meets the Third World: The Jungle, 2005
HuffingtonPost.com via Yahoo! News Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:10 PM PDT
A new report from the Worldwatch Institute describes how factory farms are breaking the cycle between small farmers, their animals, and the environment, causing collateral damage to human health and local communities. Changing that destructive path will require a new approach to the way animals are raised.

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Ox-plough blamed for declining soil fertility

Slow Food: Natural food producers here carry message of ...
Port Townsend Leader - Port Townsend,WA,USA
... The nitrogen fertilizers that made explosives are now being used to fertilize, but not fertilize, kill, our soilâ€¦. Agriculture has been reduced to the ...

COA insists dioxin scare now under control
Taiwan Headlines - Taipei,Taiwan
... market stunned local residents earlier this week, but the Council of Agriculture insisted on ... also be the culprit, but the COA pointed to the soil as another ...

Ox-plough blamed for declining soil fertility
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
... sub-Sahara Africa's most popular farming equipment, banned for causing soil degradation. Speaking ahead of the third conservation agriculture congress, the ...

USU Tragedy: vignettes
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... Seattle and was vice president of the university's Agriculture Technology Club ... the school's Agricultural Technology Club -- loved the fertile soil, John Deere ...

USDA announcs 3-year extension of CRP contracts set to expire in ...
Agriculture Online - USA
... Ferd Hoefner of the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition today praised USDA for not ... wildlife habitat, water quality, and air quality and reducing soil erosion. ...

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Bt drives productivity, sustainability

Bt drives productivity, sustainability
Truth about Trade & Technology - Des Moine,IA,USA
... resources today by maintaining soil fertility, using ... of the Australian Academy of Science, addressing the ... and with greater empathy for the natural environment.

Berkeley Lab Technology Could Help Areas Flooded by Katrina
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA
... sources and help health and environment officials better ... for the remediation of contaminated soil and water ... of the Department of Energy's Office of Science.

The UN's Biotech for Food Scandal
Tech Central Station - Washington,DC,USA
... till farming techniques that reduce soil erosion ... Health Organization, United Nations Environment Program and ... directed to defend rational, science-based policies ...

Smallest creatures in ocean hold valuable secrets
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... "There are tremendous changes happening in the environment but nobody really knows ... Bacteria process the waste in humans, purify water and keep soil productive. ...

Environmental experts contemplate New Orleans' rebirth
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
... how to merge engineering, social science and social ... for toxins and doing something with that soil. ... Republican chairman of the Senate environment and public ...

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The art in farming

Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:04 AM PDT

$100-Million in federal funding will transform the way land-use decisions are made in Canada
The Community Press Tue, 27 Sep 2005 2:23 PM PDT
September 20, 2005, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Andy Mitchell announced the federal government is investing $100-million in the development of an Internet-based service that will provide a recognized source of information, analysis and interpretation of land, soil, water, climatic and biodiversity data to assist land-use managers in their agri-environmental planning.

24 African Nations Need Food Aid
Ag Report Wed, 28 Sep 2005 7:18 AM PDT
ROME - Sep 28/05 - SNS -- Around 12 million people in six southern African countries need immediate emergency food following a poor cereal harvest earlier this year, according to a report issued today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The art in farming
Casper Star-Tribune Wed, 28 Sep 2005 1:03 AM PDT
OTHELLO, Wash. -- For 37 years, Pirie and Jane Grant have grown everything from hay and wheat to beans and potatoes on their central Washington farm. They've tilled the soil, rotated crops and nurtured their slice of the sprawling area farm and ranch lands -- so much so that agricultural groups have recognized the Grants for their sustainable land practices.

Agriculture Summary: Corn Maturation Ahead Of 5-Year Average
CattleNetwork.com Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:30 AM PDT
Hurricane Rita came ashore as a Category 3 storm on Saturday near the Texas-Louisiana border. High winds, heavy rain, and tornadoes damaged open-boll cotton as far east as Mississippi , but much of the rice crop in the storm-affected area had already been harvested.

Conservation planning sign-up pilot announced
Farm And Ranch Guide Tue, 27 Sep 2005 1:37 PM PDT
U.S. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner announced that nine states are participating in the first conservation planning sign-up, a pilot initiative that emphasizes the importance of conservation planning to help farmers and ranchers be better prepared to apply for conservation programs and to comply with federal, state, tribal and local environmental regulations.

State briefs: West Nile virus found in three state horses
Ashland City Times Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:30 AM PDT
Three cases of West Nile virus were found last week in horses, the first reported equine cases this year, according to the state Department of Agriculture.

Improving Air and Water Quality Can Be Two Sides of the Same Coin
RedNova Wed, 28 Sep 2005 1:04 AM PDT
By Ribaudo, Marc; Weinberg, Marca Rural areas have long been idealized as the place to go for good, clean air. However, the "fresh" air of the countryside may not be so fresh after all.

Week provided terrific harvesting weather
Brandon Sun Wed, 28 Sep 2005 6:44 AM PDT
Most of the Westman region received rain last Friday, with accumulations ranging from trace amounts to 15 millimetres. Light frost on a few mornings resulted in only negligible damage to crops.

Investigation of Hydrological Variability in West Africa Using Land Surface Models
RedNova Wed, 28 Sep 2005 1:03 AM PDT
By Li, K Y; Coe, M T; Ramankutty, N ABSTRACT The availability of freshwater is a particularly important issue in Africa where large portions of the continent are arid or semiarid and climate is highly variable.

How far does your onion travel?
Seattle Times Wed, 28 Sep 2005 1:22 AM PDT
An onion grown in Iowa travels an average 35 miles to the Iowa supermarket. An onion from the usual sources in other states treks an average...

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Soil News

About Me

Friday, October 28, 2005

Organic, sustainability research discussed at scientific meeting

Introduce soil health cards: Swaminathan

Agriculture Adventures

Chandy should give up home dept: BJP

Toledo is on top of food trends

Chicken Farmers Fight State's Plan To Test Soil

City residents buying farmland some even to farm

Japan Panel Delays U.S. Beef Safety Report Approval

Launch of New Alliance to Combat Land Degradation in Africa

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Fertilizer costs weigh down farmers' profits

Green choice

Farmers’ Poverty: A Threat To Food Security

Farmers Fret Over Fertilizer Costs

The budget and agriculture

Greenhouse Gas Technology Center Verifies Aisin Seiki 6 kW ...

S. Fla. farmers turn to niche markets

Soil test is a wise investment

Report on various types of soil in Qatar released

'Conservation agriculture' urged for African farmers

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

'Conservation agriculture' urged for African farmers

South Cotabato's fertile lands fast deteriorating

OSU ecologists view plant/soil interaction

UN study finds no link between deforestation, flooding

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Study touts benefits of genetically modified crops

Researcher studies ways to utilize winter legumes

Why Is Africa Unable To Feed Itself?

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Symposium 2.5A 18th World Congress

Monday, October 10, 2005

Conference Alerts Monthly

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Field peas prevent wind erosion

Soil quality declining coz of fertilizer overuse

How to apply

Toxic gumbo

Web Soil Survey Now Available

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Worm tunnels may be funneling contaminants to drainage pipes

Muslims in America - Four Years After 9/11

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

American Soil Technologies and UTEK Corporation Announces

Monday, October 03, 2005

Spuds are big business for New Hartford farmer

New farming ideas planted in Nigeria

Farmers Step-Up Biotech Crops

Saturday, October 01, 2005

Environmental Defense Praises Changes To The Conservation Reserve

Conservation planning sign-up pilot announced

Ox-plough blamed for declining soil fertility

Bt drives productivity, sustainability

The art in farming