Gilbert Witte, county Health Department medical director, said people should pay attention to the signs that commercial pesticide companies often use when spraying a lawn. Hastings said prior notification of spraying is difficult to enforce, according to officials in other counties that have that requirement, including Erie County. The chemicals they use are similar in strength to what is available to homeowners. Hastings kicked off a campaign this week to make residents aware of possible...

Fertilizer is transported to Colombo in bulk from other countries to reduce the cost of freight and high bagging costs overseas. The company plans to set up an automated bagging plant with an investment of 70 million rupees, M. Fertilizers brought in bulk will be bagged alongside berth by a shore bagging facility. The bagging machines will have dust extractors and specially designed grabs to prevent spillage. Reza said the new plant will give fertilizer importers a wider choice and better...

Fruiting crops, such as tomatoes, peppers, beans, cucumbers and other vine crops, need to be fertilized when the first fruit begins to set. If you are spending any money at all on fertilizer, weed-control products and other lawn care, water will be the smallest of your bills. At this point, we can forget about all the rain we had this past winter it's gone, as far as our yards and gardens are concerned. In addition to water, container plants as well as flower and vegetable gardens will...

The Ravalli County Extension Service uses a degree-day model of the codling moth's life cycle to time its control measures to have the greatest effect with the least pesticide use. Knowledge of the relationship between temperature and the speed with which the codling moth completes its life cycle allows apple growers to estimate the stage of the insect's development as the season progresses. But using the forecast temperatures for Hamilton and Corvallis, the &#8220degree-day model of the...

That affected Wisconsin, where the economic impact of dairy farming is more than twice as large as the citrus industry's impact on Florida. Advertisement Buy a link here Driven up by high transportation costs, an increase in feed prices and even a drought in Australia, the price of milk is likely to rise by up to 40 cents a gallon over the next few months, dairy market forecasters say. The biggest spikes in dairy prices are likely to come later this summer in the areas farthest from the...

Does the industry really need those six extra months to come up with new consumer products? After all, the move to phosphate-free dish detergent has been a long time coming. Griesing's organization vigorously fought the move to phosphate-free until Washington State passed a law in March 2006 limiting the amount of phosphates in household dishwasher detergent sold in that state to 0. To the industry's dismay, Maryland pols one-upped their Washington counterparts by making their law...