The 2007 alfalfa tests include entries of commercial varieties conducted at Ames and Nashua. Performance data provided with the results include yield in tons per acre, fall dormancy ratings and disease resistances. Information on the adaptation and performance of hybrids and varieties is currently offered for alfalfa, barley, corn, oat, soybean and wheat. Results from orchardgrass, perennial ryegrass, reed canarygrass and timothy grass tests are included as well. A late cold weather event...

The hour-long Convocation drew about 60 people to Jewett Hall, along with a nearly equal number of professors who marched in wearing their caps and robes. Schalit, the keynote speaker at the fourth annual UMA Convocation, shared her thoughts and research on the subject as the school kicked off a year that will be focused on health and social justice. Hunger is a problem that affects all of us far more of us than even we at the newspaper imagined when we started this project, she said....

The program, recently swept up in a political firestorm between two Monmouth County state Senate candidates, has been exploited for years by corporations, developers and millionaires seeking to cut property taxes on their sweeping vistas by up to 99 percent. The program, recently swept up in a political firestorm between two Monmouth County state Senate candidates, has been exploited for years by corporations, developers and millionaires seeking to cut property taxes on their sweeping...

Heinz Wolf, general manager, noted, "The VeriPac 225 non-destructive leak tester is a very economical and versatile package inspection system that is an ideal solution for companies that manufacture product in various size pouches which is very common in many industries today. New Inspection Solution for Filled and Sealed Pouches at Pack Expo Las Vegas - Yahoo! News Yahoo! Heinz Wolf, general manager, noted, "The VeriPac 225 non-destructive leak tester is a very economical and versatile...

Typically toilet seats and their lids are connected via metal hinges, but this production cell from Bemis, one of the world s largest manufacturers of toilet seats replaces metal hinges with two-material versions (a stiff grade of PP and a flexible thermoplastic elastomer); according to Bemis, the process replaces eight individual parts with just one. Typically toilet seats and their lids are connected via metal hinges, but this production cell from Bemis, one of the world s largest...

HAT CREEK As ponds dried up and grass withered brown and dry, the last few months have left many area ranchers scrambling to find feed and water for their herds. Giacomini said doing so hurts his bottom line because by moving the cows to the winter range too soon, it cuts into the feed available during the winter months and could force him to buy hay or cut into his own stores. In August, they joined at least 19 other California counties seeking federal emergency disaster aid as forage...