Several brands of fertilizers that are considered lake-safe -- with low phosphorous levels, slow-release nitrogen and no pesticides -- are commonly sold in home improvement and hardware stores. The South Lake Tree Huggers, the school's award-winning environmental club, will distribute stickers to businesses that designate for consumers which lawn fertilizers are "lake safe. The ACO and English Gardens stores have already pledged to place the brightly colored stickers on each bag of...

In barns, basements, sheds, or garages throughout the state reside tons of banned and unusable pesticides: old chemicals with infamous names like DDT, lead arsenate, 2,4,5-T, and chlordane. In 2007, there will be two collectionsin May and Octoberwhen the state regulatory agency will dispose of banned pesticides or pesticides that have become caked, frozen, or otherwise rendered unusable. When they do, citizens face a dilemma: hire an expensive hazardous waste disposal service or dump the...

Chicken and turkey breeders say their flocks could be decimated following a ban on the only treatment for the fatal disease, 'blackhead' But poultry veterinary expert Dr Peter Scott says a move towards more free range farming systems could increase disease outbreaks. Meanwhile a vet who has helped to reduce the use of antibiotics in chickens will today be awarded the highest honour in veterinary science. Poultry producer fear for flocks with chemical ban. Blackhead is a parasitic worm,...

The suit, filed by Larry Jacobs, seeks to stop the spraying of pesticides that could travel to his field and an unspecified amount of money to cover the crops he says he lost. Instead, all involved think they were picked up by fog, which can turn pesticides into liquid and carry them off days after they were sprayed. Conventional farmers are worried that if the organic farmer wins, the case will set a dangerous precedent, and conventional farms in foggy areas will have to spend millions to...

This year's short course will address cost increases in fertilizer, fuel, equipment and grain and how they affect a rancher's profits," Cleere said. The short course, sponsored by Texas Cooperative Extension, will address these issues as well as other topics during the three-day event, providing information for the novice rancher as well as for the most seasoned one, Cleere said. sessions are designed to offer a more hands- on approach to calf working, cattle handling, cattle selection,...

To treat their subterranean termite infestations, some homeowners have liquid chemicals added to the soil around and beneath their home. Scores of environmentally responsible products are now being offered hybrid vehicles, energy-efficient light bulbs, termite control termite control? That s right, now even termite control can leave a smaller footprint on the environment. HomeNews & CommunityFree Newsletter. Right now in many parts of the United States, subterranean termites are swarming,...