Chilliwack Blues Festival. As farmers get ready for the harvest, and the federal government prepares to return for its fall session, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is ready to move on to the next phase of developing the next generation of federal agriculture policy, which must be in place by next April 1. As farmers get ready for the harvest, and the federal government prepares to return for its fall session, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is ready to move on to...

Trimming back new growth and removing new flowers as they form is an excellent way to redirect the plants' energy to maturing the fruit already on them rather than producing more. Fruit forming from now on would not have a chance to mature before that happens. It must be ingested by the target insect to be effective but does not harm moths and butterflies that are not feeding on treated plants. Corn earworms cause the worst of their damage by feeding on the fresh silk and boring into the...

Copyright 2007, Des Moines Register and Tribune Company A Polk County park eyed for a major expansion of Blank Park Zoo sits atop a decades-old military dump site that officials fear has left soil and a popular fishing spot contaminated with pesticides, asbestos and chemical compounds. AUGUST: City leaders create a "super block" committee to study the future of the zoo and possible locations for an expansion on the city's south side. Copyright 2007, Des Moines Register and Tribune Company...

While acknowledging that the causes of breast cancer are an interplay of familial, environmental and lifestyle factors, Breast Cancer Network called for better information for the public, research into the links between environment and breast cancer, and regulation to reduce exposure to substances that show links to breast cancer in laboratory studies. While acknowledging that the causes of breast cancer are an interplay of familial, environmental and lifestyle factors, Breast Cancer...

Fawzi Hariri, Iraq's minister of industry and minerals, told Pentagon reporters that the unemployment rate in his country is about 40%, but that number is an improvement of 7 to 10% over last year. The factories are in more secure areas of the country and include automotive, mechanical, textile, cotton, pharmaceuticals and fertilizer businesses that are either private or state-run. funds over the past year, is making slow progress but has had little success getting Iraqi products to...

If you fertilize and water now, you may get a few more blooms. A good rule is to set the plant so that the point where the leaves and roots join together is no more than one inch below the soil surface. You can also add a little fertilizer at planting. Daylilies moved now have time during the fall and winter to get re-established before next spring. Flowers may be dried in many ways but this is one of the easiest methods: Cut the flowers to be dried when color is at its peak. Till beds...