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- Noxious weed targeted
- OGDEN -- Bounty hunters are out and about in Weber County this year, not for criminals, but for noxious weeds. Weber's "Bag O' Woad" program started May 8, with nearly 300 bags distributed, and hundreds more are available to be filled with the noxious weed, Dyer's woad. ...
- Research articles 2008-05-18
- New Orleans in a stranglehold
- It's not the mists of time that lay claim to abandoned cities. It's the undergrowth. Fast-spreading vines and other weeds are among the first tentacles Mother Nature sends up to grip a deserted city. So it was that Troy, Chichen Itza, Angkor and other metropolises of...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Production Journal
- Leadership Shifts At USDA Just as we went to press, USDA Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns resigned from his post to return to Nebraska and hit the campaign trail for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate. In his spot, President George W....
- Research articles 2007-10-05
- Ethanol coproducts to be used to reduce herbicide use.(Conservation news you can use)(Brief article)
- Distillers dried grains DDGs--coproducts of converting corn into ethanol--might have additional new uses, including reducing weeds and thereby decreasing dependence on herbicides. USDA Agricultural Research Service plant physiologist Steve Vaughn is one of many scientists conducting studies that suggest that applying DDGs as...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- Frontline: Very Big Boats
- Shipping oil around the world in fleets of tankers is big business right now. Who knew? It isn't all smooth sailing, but Frontline is still hauling in the cash.
- Videos 2008-04-16
- Rock on ...
- Do the math Michael Vick, a k a Ron Mexico, was in the news for something other than football again last week. The Falcons quarterback with the flamboyant pseudonym was investigated for possessing what airport security thought was marijuana. A police report said he...
- Research articles 2007-01-23
- IAC: Trimming the Fat
- CEO Diller is breaking up his media conglomerate, keeping his favorites and setting the rest adrift. But Liberty Media, the majority stake shareholder, is moving to thwart his dastardly plans.
- Videos 2008-03-07
- USDA quarantine facility to help control invasive pests.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 May 2005-US ARS: USDA quarantine facility to help control invasive pestsC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04052005 SIDNEY, Mont. - U.S. Department of Agriculture officials broke ground here today for a quarantine-greenhouse complex. The new facility will allow government scientists to...
- Research articles 2005-05-05
- Tiptop topless.(Reports From Around The World. Porsche Carrera Cabriolet.)(Brief Article)
- Let's be honest: The previous-generation Porsche Carrera Cabriolet was so similar to the Boxster that it just didn't seem worth the extra money. But with muscular, retro 911 styling, a Rock of Gibraltar chassis and enough power to blow any Boxster into the weeds, the new...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- GM crop farm scale evaluation results on winter oilseed rape published today.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 March 2005-UK Government: GM crop farm scale evaluation results on winter oilseed rape published todayC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21032005 A study published today has shown that the abundance of wildlife differs between GM herbicide-tolerant winter oilseed rape and its...
- Research articles 2005-03-21
- GM crop farm scale evaluation results on winter oilseed rape published today.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 March 2005-Defra: GM crop farm scale evaluation results on winter oilseed rape published todayC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21032005 A study published today has shown that the abundance of wildlife differs between GM herbicide-tolerant winter oilseed rape and its ...
- Research articles 2005-03-21
- Deciding between sod and seed for back yard.(Home & Garden)(Ask a master gardener)
- Q. I want to have a nice lawn instead of the mud pit in the back of my house next summer. I thought I would ask you whether it is better to use sod or start with grass seed. I know that sod would be a lot more...
- Research articles 2005-01-16
- Effort to save Massachusetts lake bogs down; groups divided over herbicide use.
- By Kathleen Burge, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 7--NATICK, Mass. -- The weed came suddenly to Lake Cochituate, its feathery tentacles slithering along the lake floor, choking out native plants and thickening the water. The plant...
- Research articles 2004-11-07
- The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind., Agricultural Briefs Column.
- The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17--PURDUE'S FORAGE DAY SCHEDULED JUNE 10: Purdue University's annual Forage Day will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 10 at Southern Indiana-Purdue Agricultural Center, 11371 E. Purdue Farm...
- Research articles 2004-05-17
- GM green light for maize.
- The Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment has published its report assessing the farm-scale trials of three GM crops. The committee concluded that further cultivation of herbicide resistant maze would not damage biodiversity. However it said that it appeared that the absence of weeds around...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- Rene's inside story.
- Jun 01, 2003 (The Sunday Telegraph - ABIX via COMTEX) High-flying Australian stockbroker Rene Rivkin may turn his considerable skills to weed-pulling. Rivkin has been convicted of insider trading after purchasing 50,000 Qantas Airways shares on privately disclosed foreknowledge of a merger deal. He...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- GM beet research answers very few questions.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 January 2003-FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: GM beet research answers very few questionsC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01152003 New research on GM sugar beet, partly funded by Monsanto, and published today [1] will provide the Government with little new information on...
- Research articles 2003-01-15
- Maintaining the Living Landscape.(NASA Ames Research Center)
- With goats displacing herbicides, traps taking the place of pesticides, and composted landscaping debris replacing chemical fertilizers, the NASA Ames Research Center has emerged as a model for institutions seeking to minimize their disruption of the local environment. In 1997, the U.S. government...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- Thai Weed Seen as Viable Alternative to Timber in Furniture Items.
- By Somporn Thapanachai, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 26--Big sales potential is seen for furniture and gift items made from vetiver grass or ya faak, a previously worthless weed grown to counter soil erosion in northern Thailand. ...
- Research articles 2002-08-26
- Herbicide - Products
- METGARD[TM] 60 DF Herbicide has been registered by the EPA for applications on non-crop land, including railroad rights-of-way, offering land managers an economical and effective tool for post-emergence control of more than 125 weeds, brush, and deciduous trees. METGARD is a formulation of metsulfuron methyl, and is compatible with many...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
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