je.st
news
Tag: farmers
Heavy rains flood U.S. farmers' fields, raise river levels
2014-06-20 00:36:18| Agriculture - Topix.net
Heavy rains across the northern U.S. Midwest this week flooded corn and soybean fields, damaging crops, and raised river levels which could slow some grain shipments by barge for the next two weeks.
Tags: levels
river
fields
heavy
In Mali, farmers scramble to adapt to changing rains
2014-06-16 05:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Talking with his neighbours under a neem tree, Madou Kone relates how he is late planting his sorghum crop this year -- even though the usual time to plant is now. "This is the right time to start farming, but I haven't sown any crop yet, as I had to finish clearing my farm. I am a bit late,' said the 56-year-old Kone, a resident of the village of Heremakono, in the country's south. Malian farmers expect to begin sowing in late June or early July, at the beginning of the rainy season, which...
Tags: changing
mali
farmers
adapt
National Farmers Union Speaks Out Against Hillshire Brands Sale
2014-06-12 12:41:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Farmers Union National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued a statement this week expressing opposition to the sale of Hillshire Brands to Tyson Foods. read more
Tags: national
sale
brands
union
Farmers Can Help Slow Down Global Warming: Study
2014-06-11 00:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: Farmers around the world could help reduce global climate change by using more-precise quantity of nitrogen-based fertilizers, according to a new study. According to researchers at Michigan State University, nitrogen fertilizer contributes to emission of green house gas from agricultural fields. The study involved data from across the world to prove that emission of nitrous oxide, which is a greenhouse gas produced in soil and further application of nitrogen as fertilizer, increases the emission...
Tags: study
global
slow
warming
Helping Farmers Around The World Fight Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Climate Change
2014-06-10 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Helping farmers around the globe apply more precise amounts of fertilizer nitrogen can combat climate change. That`s the conclusion of a study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In the paper, researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) provide an improved prediction of nitrogen fertilizer`s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural fields. The study uses data from around the world to show that emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O),...
Sites : [267] [268] [269] [270] [271] [272] [273] [274] [275] [276] [277] [278] [279] [280] [281] [282] [283] [284] [285] [286] next »