Keeping acreage the same, but trimming yield a minor 5 bushels per acre to equal the 2005 crop level of 148 bushels per acre would erase about 400 million bushels from the crop estimate. This year could be the biggest challenge to producers yet when it comes to keeping your head clear from all the extreme predictions. Trimming acreage 2 million acres because of planting delays would cut about 300 million bushels off the crop. No one has any idea at this point if the predicted 90 million...

City and county officials said they plan to spend the next few months working on ways to strengthen the local law with provisions that could include fertilizer-free zones, restrictions on fertilizer use during the rainy season and restrictions on the kinds of fertilizers that can be used or purchased in Sarasota. The new law, passed Monday, is expected to be only the first of many new regulations the city and county implement in the next year in an attempt to limit harmful fertilizer...

Farmers need blight fungicides that make the most of the spray days available and give them the best opportunity to keep to their planned spray intervals. Successful potato blight control relies on using effective blight fungicides at appropriate times and spray intervals from crop emergence right through to harvest. In order to ensure complete and effective protection of the canopy, blight products must be rainfast and weather proof, especially if the weather is showery and when the...

The standards include banning the use of conventional pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge for produce, and antibiotics or growth hormones for animals. The environment has become a very hot topic these days, especially among parents who want to protect their children's health and the world they'll be inheriting. Department of Agriculture inspects food producers to ensure they meet its standards for organic products. Parents like Amell-Nash are propelling...

Kicking off the 2007 wheat cropping season and in recognition of the dedication of Western Canada growers, aerial photographs of select farming operations will be taken from the soaring blimp, which Syngenta Crop Protection, inc. will award to growers throughout the three-month journey. Media Advisory-Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, inc.: Horizon Blimp to Soar Across Western Canada Skies as Part of Canada's Longest Blimp Journey. Kicking off the 2007 wheat cropping season and in...

On the other hand, the promotion of primary commodities production for export and the import of consumer goods for domestic trade gave rise to large contingents of the labour force in both agriculture and petty trading who were either self-employed or hired under traditional or informal arrangements. The key features of the colonial economy included primary commodity production for export, investments in mining, transportation and related services, infrastructure and public works, and...