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Meet the Pro Can you get by with a little help from a gardening coach?
By Amy Stewart
Genevieve Schmidt. Photo by Amy Stewart.
I blog with a group of opinionated gardeners at gardenrant.com; one of my partners in crime on that site makes her living as a garden coach. At first I wasn't sure why the world needed o... | 农业 | 5,860 |
Makhteshim Agan Appoints Dr. Anders Harfstrand As Head Of Its European Operations
TEL-AVIV, Israel, Nov. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Makhteshim Agan Group ("MAI" or the "Company"), the world leader in branded off-patent crop protection solutions, today announced the appointment of Dr. Anders Harfstrand as President & ... | 农业 | 3,691 |
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Rural women’s empowerment: A long road ahead
Advancing rural women’s economic empowerment and access to decent rural employment, supporting associations in giving them a stronger voice in decision-ma... | 农业 | 10,983 |
Decrease Food Waste and Give Yourself a ‘Raise’
Up until recent times, the weekly ritual of planning meals played itself out in homes across the country. Meals were painstakingly thought out.
Up until recent times, the weekly ritual of planning meals played itself out in homes across the country. Meals were painstaking... | 农业 | 4,208 |
Heat Adversely Affecting Local Farmers
By: Danielle Eldredge Email Updated: Wed 9:50 PM, Jul 07, 2010
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The heat we've all been experiencing, could threaten local farmer's livelihoods.
Farmers are working hard to win a fight against Mother Nature.Bell Farms is a long time f... | 农业 | 2,424 |
Local Mineral rights have RMs rolling in oil-well dough
By: Bill RedekopPosted: 04/26/2014 1:00 AM
This article was published 25/4/2014 (916 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. BIRTLE -- When scores of farmers were driven off the land in the Great Depression of the 1930s, rural municipalities such... | 农业 | 4,957 |
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What is RCA? RCA Issue Brief #1 September 1995
Who's asking questions? What will the RCA do for us? Who is preparing the third RCA appraisal? What's the schedule? Natural resource concerns Did you know ...
...that, in 1993, there were 2 million farms, down from a peak of nearly 7 million in 1935, but tha... | 农业 | 7,261 |
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Farm bill had high levels of support
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The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 received more than 80 votes when it passed the U.S. Senate not once but thr... | 农业 | 3,423 |
Public asked to comment about ractopamine rules
Staff writer, with CNA
Thu, Aug 16, 2012 - Page 3
The government yesterday gave a preview of an official notice on the allowable levels of ractopamine in beef imports and requirements for product origin labeling, as it prepares to open the local market to imported beef co... | 农业 | 2,037 |
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Researchers Warn of Livestock ExtinctionsSeptember 3, 2007 07:28 AM
Experts Urge Gene Bank of Rare Livestock Breeds to Ensure Healthy DiversitySeptember 3, 2007 08:19 AM
Some Dairy Farmers Worry about ... | 农业 | 4,435 |
Cantaloupe FDA plans to increase cantaloupe inspections
February 25, 2013 | 6:48 pm EST
(UPDATED COVERAGE, Feb. 28) In the wake of foodbornce illness outbreaks over the past two years, the Food and Drug Administration is increasing inspection of cantaloupe farms and testing more of the fruit for pathogens.
Foodborne il... | 农业 | 3,480 |
Agri-Service employee-owners set to vote on sale
The Terteling Co., which is based in Boise and owns 13 Western States Caterpillar dealerships, is seeking to acquire Agri-Service, Inc., a Twin Falls, Idaho,-based Massey Ferguson dealership. The deal could take effect on Nov. 1.
By John O’Connell
Published on October 23... | 农业 | 2,217 |
Too Good to Waste Manure management researcher finds new uses for a valuable resource At one time, agriculture was a self-sustaining cycle. Farmers grew crops, which they used to feed their livestock, and they fertilized their cropland with the nutrients in the animal manure. But with the advent of large-scale animal f... | 农业 | 4,439 |
Secretary Ross Urges Participation in USDA Biomass Production Project
CDFA Secretary Karen Ross is urging California farmers to consider signing up for the USDA’s Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). The USDA just announced project areas in six states to expand the availability of non-food crops to be used in the ma... | 农业 | 3,755 |
CNH Signs Distribution Agreement With DKSH for Agricultural Equipment in Vietnam The Partnership Will Support the Country's Agribusiness Sector With Best-in-Class New Holland Agriculture Machinery and After-Sales Activities, Leveraging on DKSH's Strong Distribution Network
LUGANO, SWITZERLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 11/12/1... | 农业 | 5,154 |
For now, the question isn’t how to answer these issues, but how to create a process for answering them. At least five working groups are dealing with market questions, and that needs to be whittled down. Negotiators won’t formally meet until the Bonn Climate Change Conferencein late May, but there will be plenty of opp... | 农业 | 6,004 |
Letters June 2, 1997
Jane Katz's "Farming in the Shadow of Suburbia" (Spring 1997) is a good overview of the economic pressures that confront farmers and threaten farmland. I am pleased that she downplayed the old saw that farmers fled New England because the soil is no good; acre for acre, New England's cropland is mo... | 农业 | 5,184 |
2009.12.30 2009 a big year for Camaros, rutabagas, kookaburras and cats Written by David Green.
By RICH FOLEYAnother year is almost gone, and while many might wish to say “good riddance” to 2009, it wasn’t all that bad, was it? I thought it was pretty boring myself, but upon reviewing this year’s group of columns, mayb... | 农业 | 4,245 |
PlantsFruits & NutsPlanting & Growing Fruits & Nuts Life Cycle of Apple Trees
Life Cycle of Apple Trees
Apples are among the most popular fruits in the world. They come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, flavors and textures. Apple trees can grow quite large, and yet, their life cycle begins with little seeds found with... | 农业 | 4,340 |
From something small to something big
Jay Naidoo
I STAND in a fertile field, stretching towards the mountains that frame the distant horizon. We are in a circle of peasant farmers, who have tilled the land for generations. Former President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique has invited us to see what can be done to help sm... | 农业 | 6,273 |
DeLaval to participate at World Ag Expo 2013
DeLaval announced today its plans for participating at World Ag Expo – the world’s largest annual agricultural exposition. The company will present both new and existing solutions to help dairy producers better manage the efficiency, profitability and sustainability of their... | 农业 | 3,931 |
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UN Agencies and the Seed Protection initiative in the Central African Republic
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), together with their NGO partners, have started providing seeds, hand tools and food to fa... | 农业 | 1,886 |
Slow Food and FAO Join Forces Italy
FAO and the international Slow Food organization have agreed today to develop joint actions to improve the livelihoods of small-scale farmers and others working in rural areas. Under a three-year Memorandum of Agreement, the two organizations will join forces to promote more inclusiv... | 农业 | 4,067 |
Heirloom Chayote Vegetable Varieties
Aside from having a long growing season, the chayote vegetable is easy to grow and even remains unbothered by pests and powdery mildew. July 17, 2013
By William Woys Weaver
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver is the culmination of some thirty years of first-hand know... | 农业 | 5,313 |
Perfect Sear
At some point in our long-distant past, an ancestor of the cow fell or strayed into a fire. A nearby caveman, drawn by the delectable odor, sampled a taste and decided it was very, very good. And then he invented ketchup.
By DANIEL NEMAN
At some point in our long-distant past, an ancestor of the cow fell o... | 农业 | 7,438 |
By Patty Campbell, Special to the Citizen 04/12/12
Would you like to have a vegetable garden but don’t think it’s possible this year?
A lack of space, experience or resources such as tools or money to buy seeds and bedding plants doesn’t need to stand in your way. Applications for Gardens Growing Families, a community ... | 农业 | 3,102 |
Agweb HomeFarm Journal HomeNewsNMPF: Economic Analysis Says Dairy Security Act Works to Increase Dairy Farm Revenue
NMPF: Economic Analysis Says Dairy Security Act Works to Increase Dairy Farm Revenue
By MILK Editors
Prospects for passing new farm bill reviewed at National Dairy Producers Conference.
Source: National M... | 农业 | 3,987 |
Working overtime to save the bees from drought
By Carole Brodsky for the Ukiah Daily Journal
Because of the region's water shortage, Steven Oropeza, Mendocino County beekeeper is working overtime to support his hundreds of thousands of bees, which, like every other living creature depend upon water to survive. "I start... | 农业 | 6,210 |
Environment In praise of this year’s World Food Prize Laureates
David Zilberman, professor, agriculture and resource economics | July 3, 2013 3 comments | Leave a comment Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new win... | 农业 | 7,567 |
PANUPS: Farmers and NGOs Monitoring the World Bank in Indonesia Get Results
May 10, 2001 -- Andrew Olsen
Farmers and NGOs Monitoring the World Bank in Indonesia Get Results May 11, 2001
Listening and responding promptly to farmers' concerns is one way the World Bank can make its agricultural development projects more e... | 农业 | 6,206 |
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Buckeye Farm News
Last year, voters in California passed an aggressive law restricting how farmers can house livestock, despite warnings that it could cripple the state’s large egg industry. “The probability is high that it could someday happen here in... | 农业 | 2,916 |
Who Paid For Last Summer's Drought? You Did
May 1, 20135:57 PM ET
Corn plants dry in a drought-stricken farm field near Fritchton, Ind., last summer.
Say the words "crop insurance" and most people start to yawn. For years, few nonfarmers knew much about these government-subsidized insurance policies, and even fewer fou... | 农业 | 2,965 |
Is Extension Extinction Underway?
By Jim Ruen
We've all heard the news and the headlines: “Virginia Cooperative Extension Services Facing Restructuring” … “Proposal Cuts $2 Million From University of Nevada Cooperative Extension.” When Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber proposed cutting the Oregon State University Extension se... | 农业 | 9,153 |
Icy Global Seed Vault Hosts Global Warming Meeting
Posted February 27th, 2009, 1:02 PM by SundanceTV
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway, February 26, 2009 (ENS) – Four tons of seeds representing hundreds of crop species were delivered today to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault as it celebrated its one-year anniversary. The vault in not... | 农业 | 8,032 |
Greening our Rooftops
by Trish Riley
WEB RESOURCES ABOUT GREENING YOUR ROOF
Rancho Margot
Rancho Margot boasts nearly 200 hectares of rolling hills nestled against one of Costa Rica's marvels, the Arenal Volcano, which constantly rumbles, smokes, and, occasionally, tosses fire. Juan Sostheim and his family have created... | 农业 | 5,458 |
There's food in abundance, but it's not getting to the hungriest
Every day, 4,600 calories worth of food are produced for each person on the planet and yet, at least one billion people in the world are nutrient deficient.
Every day, 4,600 calories worth of food are produced for each person on the planet — far more than... | 农业 | 3,883 |
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Nebraska Power Farming Show Unveils Powerful New Logo and Website
The Iowa-Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association (I-NEDA) unveiled a powerful new logo and newly redesigned website for the Nebraska Power Farming Show. The logo was designed to complement the show’s new “More Buying Power to You” theme, which was introdu... | 农业 | 1,167 |
Recent Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.)
Forest Farming
May 28, 2014|Print
***Please note there is a downloadable version of the fact sheet as a pdf file at the end of the article.*** Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.)
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Hydrastis canadensis L., a member of the Ranunculaceae family, is native t... | 农业 | 7,928 |
On the Traces of Sticky Rice
Vietnam - 26 Jun 13
- Alessandro Scarpa
Mayu Ino works in Vietnam for the Japanese NGO Seed to Table and is an old friend of Slow Food and Terra Madre. Thanks to her, we were able to visit the food community of Tan Lac organic rice producers in the northern Vietnamese province of Hoa Bin. T... | 农业 | 2,674 |
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Not milk?
Midwest dairy is dying, says the conventional wisdom. Not gonna happen, say district farmers Douglas Clement - Senior Writer
Wisconsin imported milk last year. That bears repeating: Wisconsin imported milk. It's sad but true. Wisco... | 农业 | 20,987 |
April 2010 Archive for Global Farmer Network
A Promise Worth Keeping
Guest column - by Cheryl Koompin
Farmers do their best to keep their promises. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said of Washington--and now potato farmers like me are paying a steep price. So are American workers and consumers.
The United States has b... | 农业 | 4,518 |
‘Fresh from Florida’ export sales hit $4.1 billion
By John BuchananCentral Florida’s Agri-Leader Published: June 4, 2014
Agricultural exports under the “Fresh from Florida” marketing program developed and run by Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) increased to $4.1 billion in 2013.
FDACS now... | 农业 | 5,009 |
Industry National inventory created for wild relatives of key crops
By Agricultural Research Service
A first-of-its-kind inventory for wild and weedy relatives of important crops has been developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their collaborators.
According to Stephanie Greene, a plant geneti... | 农业 | 2,208 |
Leafy Greens Council appoints new executive director following death of Ray Clark by Maggie Giuffrida | July 18, 2013 The Leafy Greens Council appointed Beth Brown to the role of executive director July 1 following the death of former executive director Ray Clark on June 6.
"It is with great sadness that I must announc... | 农业 | 2,720 |
Pond Management
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Bionda dell’Adamello Goat
The Bionda dell’Adamello goat is a breed of domestic goat raised primarily for milk production. The breed is also known as Adany, Bionda or Mustàscia. It is an indigenous breed from the Val Camonica in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy in northern Italy. Bionda d... | 农业 | 3,744 |
Biography of Charles Wilbur McCampbell Posted By
Associate professor of animal husbandry in the State Agricultural College at Manhattan and secretary of the State Livestock Registry Board whose offices are in the same city, Charles W. McCampbell is a native Kansan and for ten years had broadened and amplified his exper... | 农业 | 3,594 |
Trade Promotion Authority Key to U.S. Export Growth
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The elimination of trade barriers and subsidies is a necessity if U.S. agriculture is to remain competitive in the global economy. This is most often accomplished through preferential or regional trade agreements. The United States is ... | 农业 | 4,486 |
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accomplished the work of a pioneer in the development of Ontario�s
horticultural interests, and first and last performed a great deal of
conscientious, valuable service for the community from a civic standpoint.� He had been a resident of Ontari... | 农业 | 6,323 |
Sign Up To Receive 90.5 WESA E-Newsletters Farm Show Open Without Radio By Mary Wilson & Essential Public Radio Staff
One tradition stretching back to the 1940s is not part of this year's Pennsylvania Farm Show. In past years, Penn State's Extension agents would cover every inch of the Farm Show and then offer customiz... | 农业 | 1,412 |
2012 / The Future Is In the Dirt: A Talk by Ben Hewitt
The Future Is In The Dirt: A Talk by Ben Hewitt
Story posted September 06, 2012Event date(s): September 20, 2012 — May 24, 2013Talk: Thursday, September 27, 7:00pm
Lunch: 12:15-1:15 Hutchinson Room, Thorne Hall
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Art Center
This talk is open... | 农业 | 3,323 |
Rohr: Time for a New Approach to Ethanol Mandates
Email By Mark Rohr
Dec. 17, 2012, 11:33 a.m.
After contending with a political firestorm, on Nov. 16 the EPA announced that it will not temporarily waive federal requirements for blending ethanol into America�s fuel supply. Corn farmers and many ethanol producers are ha... | 农业 | 3,018 |
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Is giant reed a 'miracle plant' or the next kudzu?
A worker from the San Diego River Conservancy sprays previously mowed, re-sprouting Arundo donax in Santee, Calif.
Associated Press/March 5, 2012
Farming director Sam Brake shows a "rhizome" from an Arundo donax plant in a test plot near the... | 农业 | 13,524 |
When China Spurns GMO Corn Imports, American Farmers Lose Billions By Dan Charles
Jul 31, 2014 ShareTwitter Facebook Google+ Email A corn purchaser writes on his account in northwest China in 2012. In November 2013, officials began rejecting imports of U.S. corn when they detected traces of a new gene not yet approved ... | 农业 | 4,477 |
Ghana – The importance of weighing scales
One of the biggest challenges for smallholders is getting a fair price for their produce. In West Africa, too often buyers take advantage of farmers, demanding that bags are filled to the brim instead of paying per kg. Farmers in Ghana were recently surprised about their financ... | 农业 | 3,453 |
In sub-Saharan Africa, yam is an important foodcrop, rendering the highest average foodcrop yields, about 10 tons per hectare. Yam production is growing at a two-digit
rate (close to 13 percent, 1980-1992), due to a combination of rapid area expansion
and yield increases. Yam yields peaked during the drought year of 19... | 农业 | 5,133 |
Industry IDFA refutes assertion by NMPF on dairy policy’s impact
By Brett Wessler, Drovers/Cattlenetwork
WASHINGTON -- The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) takes strong exception to assertions made by the National Milk Producers Federation regarding the impact of proposed dairy policy reform on exports. NMP... | 农业 | 3,693 |
Looking back, looking forward
Celebrating Farm Bureau’s 100 years
Published: Friday, Aug. 22, 2014 12:55 p.m.�CDT • Updated: Friday, Aug. 22, 2014 12:58 p.m.�CDT
By Jill Frueh, Bureau County Farm Bureau manager
- Special to the BCREditor’s note: This is the second monthly installment in a series celebrating the 100th a... | 农业 | 4,981 |
Slow Food and FAO Join Forces Italy
FAO and the international Slow Food organization have agreed today to develop joint actions to improve the livelihoods of small-scale farmers and others working in rural areas. Under a three-year Memorandum of Agreement, the two organizations will join forces to promote more inclusiv... | 农业 | 4,067 |
Industry Wisconsin state farm income second highest ever in 2012
By University of Wisconsin Extension
Despite the challenges brought on by prolonged drought and record-breaking heat, Wisconsin farmers earned $3 billion in net farm income in 2012, the second highest amount on record.
While that's down 21 percent from 20... | 农业 | 4,902 |
Organic growers discuss GMO tolerance levels
Organic farmers are discussing the best way to handle the possibility of contamination from genetically modified crops.
Published on February 4, 2014 12:45PM
The question of “tolerance levels” for genetic contamination of organic crops is coming to the forefront of the organ... | 农业 | 3,961 |
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UVM Extension Hires New Livestock Specialist
By UVM Extension
Joe Emenheiser, who is based in the University of Vermont Extension office in St. Albans, has been hired as the new UVM Extension livestock specialist and will work primarily with beef and sheep producers th... | 农业 | 3,113 |
Purdue study: No-till farming may benefit environment
Cropland that's left unplowed between harvests releases significantly smaller amounts of a potent greenhouse gas than conventionally plowed fields, according to a new study that suggests no-till farming can combat climate change.
BY RICK CALLAHAN
Researchers said th... | 农业 | 4,843 |
Print Email Font ResizeEurope wants its Parmesan back, seeks name changeBy Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated PressPosted:
A temperature-controlled vault stacked with aging Parmesan cheese in Montecavolo, near Reggio Emilia, Italy. (Marco Vasini/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — Would Parmesan by any other name be as tasty a... | 农业 | 5,042 |
Decrease Food Waste and Give Yourself a ‘Raise’
Up until recent times, the weekly ritual of planning meals played itself out in homes across the country. Meals were painstakingly thought out.
By Robert Giblin
Up until recent times, the weekly ritual of planning meals played itself out in homes across the country. Meals... | 农业 | 4,225 |
First U.S. milking robot factory opens next week
Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 11:25 Hoard's Dairyman: First U.S. milking robot factory opens next week
Date: Wed, 03/21/2012 Lely will be unveiling its factory to the public next week. The facility, on the campus of Vermeer in Pella, Iowa, will assemble robots ... | 农业 | 2,681 |
Controlled shooting of badgers in the field under licence to prevent the spread of bovine TB in cattle
This publication was withdrawn on 26 August 2014
This document has been superseded and a new version is available. This version has been archived.
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Best practice for the controlled shooting... | 农业 | 1,355 |
Canadian scientists develop first-ever Fusarium-tolerant pastry wheat
Eastern Canadian producers can now benefit from a new wheat cultivar with increased tolerance to Fusarium head blight, a fungal disease which has cost the Canadian agri-food industry hundreds of millions of dollars. The new line, a soft red winter wh... | 农业 | 2,651 |
PBS TAKES CALIFORNIA TV SERIES NATIONAL � AMERICA'S HEARTLAND TO SHOWCASE RURAL ENTREPRENEURIALISMby Candace KrebsNovember/December 2005It might look like Linda Hubalek is selling buffalo meat, hides, books, knickknacks and tours, but she has another name for it.
"It's a nostalgia thing," she says at the tidy visitors'... | 农业 | 8,633 |
Locovore’s Dilemma: A Different View On Buying Locally
Dennis Avery
A Canadian couple of my acquaintance has just published a book provocatively titled The Locovore’s Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000 Mile Diet. A new review in Publisher’s Weekly calls it a “daring, bare-knuckled, frequently sarcastic defense of the sta... | 农业 | 4,215 |
UGA researchers track down gene responsible for short stature of dwarf pearl millet
Researchers with the Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics isolate first gene in an often-ignored grain
IMAGE: Katrien Devos, University of Georgia, and her research team successfully isolated the gene that creates dwarfed ... | 农业 | 5,464 |
A 'short and sweet' season for strawberries
Allison Nowicki, 1, of Tolland stops Saturday to enjoy a fresh strawberry as families take advantage of warm, sunny weather to pick their own at Scott's Yankee Farmer in East Lyme.
Strawberry season in Connecticut never lasts long, but this year it may be even shorter than no... | 农业 | 4,232 |
The needle palm, as this plant is called, is not from an island. Its native homeland is the United States. Its favorite place to grow is in states in the southeastern part of the U.S., especially Florida, where it doesn't get too cold. But, it can also survive in more northern places like the District of Columbia, if i... | 农业 | 2,095 |
URI Plant Protection Clinic lists top plant pests, diseases Rhode Islanders should be on the lookout for in 2013 Media Contact: Todd McLeish, 401-874-7892KINGSTON, R.I. � June 5, 2013 � If it seems that every year you are battling a new pest or disease in your garden, you�re not alone. According to Heather Faubert, who... | 农业 | 4,571 |
11 January 2013 13:05:48|News,Shows and Events Farmers to make London display on 16th
Farming machinery is to be deployed outside St. Paul's Cathedral on January 16th to express the dependence the UK population has on farmers for their food.The display at the heart of the city will remind "thousands of workers not to f... | 农业 | 1,801 |
Corn growers push renewable fuels standards
WASHINGTON — National Corn Growers Association leaders say they believe many members of Congress want an energy bill with a renewable fuels standard. The problem is how to make it happen in this waning session of Congress. While in Washington in recent days, NCGA President De... | 农业 | 2,211 |
A Grain Glossary
Fiber-rich and low in fat, disease-fighting whole grains can reduce your risk of everything from heart disease to cancer.
Photo Credit James Baigrie
Whole grains are the most minimally processed versions of any grain. All the edible parts the bran, the endosperm, and the germ are intact, just the w... | 农业 | 3,091 |
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Khalifa International Date Palm Award
Your Highness Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahayan, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee,
Your Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak ... | 农业 | 3,953 |
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BellaOnline's Cacti and Succulents Editor
A Rainbow of Succulents
Guest Author - Connie Krochmal In this article I focus on the best variegated succulents for landscape purposes. When most people think of color in the landscape, they pretty much mean flowers. Yet foliage can add so much to the... | 农业 | 5,198 |
Serving as IBA president rewarding for cattleman
Martha Blum, Field Editor
WHITTINGTON, Ill. — Leading the Illinois Beef Association as
its president for the past two years has been an enjoyable, rewarding experience
for Jeff Beasley. “When I came on the board in 2005, I had no idea what would
transpire over the next e... | 农业 | 5,030 |
Slow Food movement to address the G8
GLOBAL AND LOCAL By JESSICA RHYS | January 5, 2009
Next summer, delegates from a worldwide effort to preserve and celebrate small-scale and indigenous farming in the face of corporate agribusiness conglomerates will address the very officials who represent the evils of globalization... | 农业 | 5,233 |
Rain Hasn’t Helped Illinois’ Drought Impact
October 25, 2012 By Illinois Public Radio The U.S. Department of Agriculture Drought Monitor, updated Thursday, shows about 92 percent of Illinois as abnormally dry, including several counties in northwest Illinois in extreme drought.
"You may go out and see mud," said John H... | 农业 | 1,138 |
The Myth of Good Italian Food
The Myth of Good Italian Food recounts a two-year investigation into the Italian food system, debunking the common belief that ‘Italians eat better’ with a story of homogenization and globalization common to agro-industrial food production worldwide. First published in 2006 in Italian, the... | 农业 | 2,979 |
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Market Journal's Coverage of South American Agriculture Argentina and Brazil - January 14 - 25, 2014
South America Preview – Argentina and Brazil have both dramatically added soybean acres. Many believe they can continue to put mor... | 农业 | 3,584 |
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Donahue designs new trailer for easy loading
By KELSEY UNRUH
A request from a California-based company prompted Donahue Manufacturing in Durham to design a new flatbed trailer.
“We had a dealer in California that manufactures a soil conditioner ... | 农业 | 1,767 |
Agriculture: Wheat after ice
In central Kansas, many fields of wheat were covered in a thick coating of ice on April 11. By itself, a coating of ice on the surface of leaves and stems will usually not cause direct damage unless the wheat is tall enough that the weight of the ice breaks the wheat over and causes lodging... | 农业 | 2,684 |
Lincoln: payment limit rules would widen deficit
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Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The new payment limit rules being proposed as amendments to the 2007 farm bill could mean more traditional U.S. crops being grown overseas and a wider U.S. agricultural trade deficit, Sen. Blanche Lincoln said. Speaki... | 农业 | 3,647 |
Archive for Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Five Questions: Blooms and Produce
Photo by Elvyn Jones.
Darrel Zimmerman cuts one the sunflowers the De Soto Rotary Club planted behind the barn at Zimmerman’s Kill Creek Farm as a fundraiser for the Rotary Club International's project to eradicate polio in the three remaining count... | 农业 | 1,672 |
Texas AgriLife Extension Service,Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
January-February, 2009
The Three Tarragons: French, Russian and Mexicanby Cynthia W. Mueller, Galveston County Master Gardener
All three of the herbs usually referred to as �tarragon� are from the Compositae (sunflower) family. These three pl... | 农业 | 6,944 |
Co-Extra > country reports > public debates SI for Slovenia
Public debates / Stakeholder activities
Public debate and stakeholder opinions
Until recently, public debate on co-existence hardly has existed in Slovenia. The topic was discussed primarily at conferences such as the co-existence workshop hosted in July 2005 ... | 农业 | 2,860 |
Next Salt wounds Vietnam's rice crop
A rice field near the Mekong Delta in An Giang, Vietnam. Image: Shutterstock
Tuesday 8 March 2016
Vietnamese rice farmers are facing tough times this year as drought continues to punish the country’s rice bowl bringing salt levels in the Mekong delta to record levels.
The Ministry o... | 农业 | 4,141 |
MAHONIA Evergreen shrubs with dark green leaves divided into a number of segments, the number, size and shape of the segments varying in different kinds. The yellow flowers are produced in rather dense clusters in spring, and are followed by dark purple or blueblack fleshy fruits covered by a definite bloom (waxy coati... | 农业 | 5,079 |
Organic growers discuss GMO tolerance levels
Organic farmers are discussing the best way to handle the possibility of contamination from genetically modified crops.
Published on February 4, 2014 12:45PM
The question of “tolerance levels” for genetic contamination of organic crops is coming to the forefront of the organ... | 农业 | 3,961 |
Mascoma, CTV enter into feedstock supply agreement
By Erin VoegelePosted September 16, 2009, at 10:42 a.m. CST
New Hampshire-based Mascoma Corp. recently announced it has entered into a two-year feedstock processing and lignin supply agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Under th... | 农业 | 2,342 |
Here's How Young Farmers Looking For Land Are Getting Creative By Dan Charles
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Chris and Sara Guerre are among a growing number of farmers who have made the choice to rent land to farm instead of buy because of increasing property values.
Zac Visco ... | 农业 | 7,204 |
2017 Farm and Gin Show: A first look at all that’s new Know cost of growing a bushel ‘to the cent’ Jan 13, 2017 Farmers seeking real safety net in next farm bill Jan 13, 2017 Tips for negotiating new farmland leases Jan 12, 2017 Experts see more global influence
Rick Bogren | Jan 18, 2005
BATON ROUGE, La. – “I’m here t... | 农业 | 6,535 |
5 Unique Green Business Ideas in Sustainable Biofuel Production
Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 By Green Marketing TV Tweet
Biofuels have gotten a lot of attention recently due to the promise they show as a renewable energy source. Unfortunately, several of the current most popular sources of biofuels are not consi... | 农业 | 6,089 |
2011 Research Advances Dairy’s Powerful Nutritional Value, Leads the Way for Product Innovation
Dairy Research Institute® Reviews Top 2011 Research; Shares 2012 Headlines
In light of staggering health statistics — approximately one third of Americans are considered obese, heart disease continues to be the leading cause... | 农业 | 8,758 |
Farms growing bigger profits
Demand for local food drives agricultural businesses’ success
smueller@gainesvilletimes.com
Jimmy Echols, center, meets Friday morning with Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chairman Earl Gohl, left, and Chief of Staff Guy Land as the Appalachians Foodways tour stops at Jaemor Farm... | 农业 | 4,430 |
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