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Agroforestry
Cereal Crops Feeling the Heat
Environment News Service - Mar 16 10:52 PM LIVERMORE, California , March 16, 2007 (ENS) - Warming temperatures since 1981 have caused annual losses of about US$5 billion for six major cereal crops, new research has found. This is the first study to estimate how much global food production already has been affected by climate change.
Arable land
Afghan emerald miners see no sparkle in foreign investment
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Mar 22 1:00 AM Outside Kabul, where the city's cosmopolitan character dissipates into tribal communities cloistered by high mountain passes, "foreign" and "investment" are fighting words. There is a deeply rooted sense that foreigners have come to Afghanistan only for conquest, and that foreign investment is just a form of economic imperialism.
Arboriculture
It's the time when your fancy turns to shrub . . . and lawn
Orlando Sentinel - Mar 17 1:31 AM How about welcoming spring by scheduling a physical for your yard? Early detection could provide the necessary time to nip any problems you might discover in the bud, so to speak.
Citrus production
Texas Citrus Survey Seeks Exotic Pests, Diseases
AgNews - Mar 06 4:49 AM WESLACO For the past year, citrus researchers have fanned out across Texas looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack. They say that after much success, they're preparing to do it again to look for even more "needles."
Cultivar
Splash of Gold Heralds SpringForsythia Most Beautiful in its Natural State
The Morning News - Mar 23 1:19 AM This has been a perfect year for forsythia. Evaluating the beauty of a forsythia display is a bit like remembering fall color from previous years. In both cases the beauty in front of me dulls my senses and makes me feel certain this must be the best there ever was. Beauty is such a subjective thing, it doesn't matter one whit. Here and now is near perfect, and next year will only be better.
Degree day
March 19, 11 a.m., Comfortably Skunked
The Idaho Statesman - Mar 19 10:33 AM The setting was perfect: A couple hours before sunset on a 70-degree day with the Boise River still trickling by at winter flows. I spent the winter fishing the Boise River, enduring icy eyes on my fly rod and leaky waders that froze my toes.
Floriculture
Photographer to share insights
The Prairie Advocate - Mar 20 10:56 AM Professional photographer Willard Clay will share his experiences and insight during a free presentation to area residents on Saturday May 19. The presentation is being given as part of the 6th Annual Art and Photography Exhibit of Sinnissippi Centers.
Fruit tree propagation
Garden calendar
Contra Costa Times - Jan 21 3:11 AM "Fight the Bite: Reduce the Risk of West Nile Virus" -- Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon, Mel's Greenhouse, 25685 Marsh Creek Road, Brentwood. Tips and information to guard against the mosquito-borne virus. 925-634-1463.
Growing degree day
Day laborers fare better in the West
San Jose Mercury News - Jan 24 7:44 AM The nation's first comprehensive study on day laborers, released Monday, found that the itinerant workers encounter abuse, dangerous workplaces and theft of wages. But researchers say the workers do have an easier time in the Bay Area.
Horticulture
Committee Picks Houston President to Lead Auburn
WTVM 9 Columbus - Mar 19 1:41 PM AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Houston University President Jay Gogue has been selected by a search committee to be the next president of Auburn University. Auburn officials made the announcement Monday. The 59-year-old Gogue attended Auburn, where he has two degrees in horticulture.
Human manure
More Tainted Produce Is Making People Sick
KOTV 6 Tulsa - Dec 06 3:05 PM Two national restaurant chains are acting with "an abundance of caution" after tainted produce turned up in some of their stores. The Jamba Juice chain has pulled strawberries from its smoothie menu because of listeria, while Taco Bell has nixed green onions because of E.coli.
Hydroponics
Police shut down hydroponics labs across Miami-Dade County
7 News Miami - Mar 28 5:14 PM MIAMI -- Authorities went on a county-wide drug raid Wednesday, aimed at shutting down hydroponics labs in Miami-Dade as part of an anti-drug operation.
Lime sulfur
Spray early to keep plants healthy
The Daily News of Newburyport - Mar 10 9:29 AM Do you have questions for Tim? Send them to ndn@ecnnews.com and he will answer them in upcoming columns. March is an important time of the year to do preventative work in your garden.
Liners
Orioles front-liners named to SMAA volleyball team
The Argus-Press - Mar 22 1:08 PM Morrice standouts Tasha Stambaugh and Ashley Rothney were terrors for opposing teams' back rows all season. Their efforts were recently rewarded as both were named to the 2006-07 Southern Michigan Athletic Association first team.
Market garden
Oregon Garden
BendBulletin.com - Mar 23 5:08 AM The Oregon Garden dates back to the mid-1990s when the Oregon Association of Nurseries created it to represent everything that grows in the state. The city of Silverton provided the land for the garden and pumps its treated wastewater in for irrigation.
Orchard
Galatia rolls by Crab Orchard
The Harrisburg Daily Register - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago CRAB ORCHARD - Galatia-Thompsonville turned its fortunes around with an 8-run seventh inning at Crab Orchard Thursday, coming from behind to win 11-2.
Organic horticulture
Thursday 3/8
Sag Harbor Express - Mar 09 7:44 AM Sag Harbor's Board of Historic Preservation and Architecture Review meets at the Municipal Building, 55 Main Street in Sag Harbor. 5 p.m. 725-0222.
Pomology
Current Issue:
California Aggie - Jan 31 12:41 AM During the Jan. 27 composting workshop held at the on-campus student co-ops, Project Compost Activities Director Derek Downey fielded questions from an eager audience of nearly 30 people.
Postharvest
SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry
SeedQuest - Mar 15 8:10 AM Groundnut is of undeniable nutritional importance in the Sahel countries, where few crops have as many nutritional or financial advantages. However, it is susceptible to aflatoxin, a highly toxic substance produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus.
Post-harvest handling
Congress approves P7-B budget for DA
INQ7 Business - Dec 17 11:22 PM CONGRESS has approved a P7-billion budget for the Department of Agriculture's 2007 post-harvest program, according to Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap.
Propagule
Lake Threat PART 2: Battle against European mussels in Western waters poses new problems
Provo Daily Herald - Mar 09 1:13 AM A native of the Black and Caspian seas, zebra mussels and quagga mussels invaded the Great Lakes in the late 1980s, and then hitched rides in boats, bait buckets and river currents, and within five years, they had established themselves in the five Great Lakes and in seven major rivers.
Radicle
Trees and People Bill Pramuk
Napa Valley Register - Feb 23 1:28 AM Tree root myth-conceptions Thee are several misconceptions about tree roots that seem to be firmly rooted in the public consciousness. I have heard people refer to them many times over the years. Here are a few:
Ripening
Tomatoes Grow Well In Diluted Seawater And Produce More Natural Antioxidants
Science Daily - Mar 19 7:05 AM With critical water shortages looming in some parts of the world, scientists in Italy are reporting that diluted seawater can be used to grow tomatoes and actually results in fruit with significantly higher levels of healthful antioxidant compounds.
Rootstock
Rootstock on order through April 5
Rutland Herald - Mar 21 12:13 AM The Rutland Natural Resources Conservation District is once again offering their spring planting program. ... - Staff Reports
Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture
Landscape architect to tour NZ next month
Scoop.co.nz - Jan 23 12:39 PM One of the world s leading landscape architecture experts Joan Nassauer is speaking in New Zealand next month.
Sprouting
A growth spurt
Richmond Times-Dispatch - 26 minutes ago Patriot's Landing at Bottoms Bridge is one of several residential projects sprouting in New Kent County. TIMES-DISPATCH
Systemic pesticide
Fighting ficus tree pests
The Times-News - Mar 20 9:06 PM Question: I have an old ficus tree that always has a wonderful growth spurt in the spring and, of course, loses its leaves indoors in the winter. I have an ongoing battle with some type of tiny white insect that affixes itself to the underside of the leaves, eventually replaced by brown dots.
Tray
Standard-Knapp Introduces Continuum Integrated Tray/Shrink System
PackagingNetwork - Feb 04 11:27 PM Standard-Knapp, manufacture of innovative packaging machinery, introduces the Continuum Integrated Tray/Shrink System. Believed to be ideal for packaging applications in the food and beverage industries, Standard-Knapp's new tray/shrink system provides efficiency, flexibility, quick changeover and a low-maintenance design
Variety plant
How to decipher seed catalog pictures, lingo
Connecticut Post - Jan 05 5:31 AM There's a pretty good feeling about the start of a new year in the gardener's calendar. It's the time of year one can get bored quickly.
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