Turning donated land into nature area
El Defensor Chieftain Sat, 21 Jan 2006 8:25 AM PST
The Socorro Soil and Water Conservation District is working to turn a piece of land unsuitable for agriculture or housing into a nature area and education center. |
Agriculture Briefs
The Robesonian Sat, 21 Jan 2006 4:58 PM PST
LUMBERTON - The Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair won the Image Award as the best county agricultural fair in North Carolina at the Annual Convention of the North Carolina Association of Agricultural Fairs in Raleigh on Friday. |
"Snow Pillow" inventor Beaumont dies
Seattle Times Sun, 22 Jan 2006 0:13 AM PST
Meteorologist Robert Beaumont's "Snow Pillow" invention revolutionized the way scientists and environmentalists measure snowpack. |
Farmers help the Scioto
The Columbus Dispatch Sun, 22 Jan 2006 4:30 AM PST
Like many other farmers who make their living along the Scioto River, Roger Evans couldn't resist working the land near its banks. The rich soils of the Scioto's bottomlands can yield up to twice as much corn and soybeans per acre as crops planted farther away. |
Would-be garden outlaws battle spraying
Casper Star-Tribune Sun, 22 Jan 2006 1:09 AM PST
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Activists scored a minor victory when their Hawkweed Manifesto -- which urged people to "be prickly and hard to eradicate, join the resistance" -- helped stop officials from spraying herbicides on a nonnative plant at a small Alaskan airport. |
Government & Public Sector Law
Mondaq Sun, 22 Jan 2006 5:23 AM PST
ML Strategies, a consulting firm specializing in government relations, public relations and real estate advisory services, is pleased to present this summary of the 2005 Congressional session and a look ahead to issues of importance in 2006. With a bipartisan team in our Washington D.C. office, ML Strategies is well-positioned to analyze Congressional actions and their impact on our clients as |
Hardscaping isn't hard
Albany Democrat-Herald Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:38 PM PST
Despite its name, hardscaping isn't hard — but it does require planning, time and effort. |
Southside farmers eligible for drought aid
Danville Register Bee Sat, 21 Jan 2006 5:28 PM PST
DANVILLE, Va. - Nearly 14 inches of rain have fallen in the River City since Oct. 1, making it hard to remember a time when Danville, Pittsylvania County and most of Southside Virginia were in the midst of a drought and farmers like Bobby Wilkerson were worried about their crops. |
After a century, family orchard to be rented out
Register-Pajajonian Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:06 PM PST
BY ROGER SIDEMAN Drivers going up Riverside Drive this month will approach a telltale sign of agricultural change in the Pajaro Valley. Row after row, acre upon acre, uprooted apple trees fall sideways onto the valley's most nutrient-rich, expensive land bordering the Pajaro River. |
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