| US judge says pesticide spraying aimed at moth can resume on ... http://news.uk.msn.com/Arti... Agriculture Articles MSN UK News - Department of Agriculture fears that if the moth, which consumes 250 varieties of plants, crosses into the San Joaquin Valley, the infestation could cause up to $2.6 billion in losses. Hundreds of residents reported feeling short of breath and sharp ... |
| Who's injecting politics into climate change debate? http://www.suntimes.com/new... Agriculture Articles Chicago Sun-Times - ... Patterson, solar scientists predict that a weak sunspot cycle in 2020 will propel us into an extended period of global cooling -- and that governments must immediately prepare for this global cooling to avoid a serious disruption to agriculture. I don ... |
| Bitter Harvest for Small Farms http://www.washingtonpost.c... Agriculture Articles Washington Post - We were able to earn a significant amount more per animal, and that's how we are able to compete with corporate agriculture." Eat-local proponents, or locavores, say foods grown by nearby, small farms are fresher and better for the environment and ... |
| Let Kids Cough http://www.slate.com/id/217... Agriculture Articles Slate - But if you look at Africa, there's no alternative to agriculture as a source of growth." The NYT eyes the political deals that led to the Senate Intelligence Committee's approval of new eavesdropping legislation this week; after bargaining with Dick ... |
| Fun at the farm http://www.rochesterdandc.c... Agriculture Articles Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Goat Hotel with goat walk, pumpkin slide, Haunted House, fun house for Kids, the ABC's of Agriculture maze, spooky scenes and a No Left Turn Maze. Weekend activities include wagon rides, straw crawl, apple chucker, super slide, paint-your-own-pumpkin ... |
| Same destination, different paths in pursuit of Iowa http://www.boston.com/news/... Agriculture Articles Boston Globe - Same destination, different paths in pursuit of Iowa Giuliani talks of NY; Romney of agriculture ... CLINTON, Iowa - Campaigning this week in a state he badly wants to win, Mitt Romney talked about how difficult it was ... |
| CORRECTED - Sudan crisis talks due to restart next week http://www.washingtonpost.c... Agriculture Articles Washington Post - ... advisers were not appointed as requested. Biong said a separate reshuffle of seven ministers in the semi-autonomous southern cabinet announced on Thursday was to improve efficiency. Information Minister Samson Kwaje will now take of the Agriculture ... |
| World Bank chief sees bigger role for private sector http://in.reuters.com/artic... Agriculture Articles Reuters India - Speaking at a news conference ahead of meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund this weekend, Zoellick said the bank could work with the private sector in areas such as energy, health, agriculture and regional development. He ... |
| Senators offer stand-alone ethanol fuel bill http://uk.reuters.com/artic... Agriculture Articles Reuters UK - Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat and chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, offered a bill that would raise the U.S. renewable fuel standard to 18 billion gallons by 2016, including 3 billion gallons from advanced biofuels like cellulosic ethanol ... |
| The 50 key dates of world history http://article.wn.com/link/... Agriculture Articles Times Online - 1 c.3500 BC Invention of the wheel and plough in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq); invention of the sail in Egypt: three fundamental inventions for trade, agriculture and exploration. 2 c.3200 BC Invention of writing in Mesopotamia: the means to record ... |