Omaha World-Herald Arlo Van Diest farms 2,300 acres near Webster City, about 75 miles northwest of Des Moines. For a decade, he has left plant stalks, leaves and other ...
Shreveport Times This method is efficient but significantly increases the need for pesticides and chemical fertilizers and, arguably, reduces the nutritional benefit of the food grown. Small farmers have led the way in experimenting with new methods of crop rotation ...
Myjoyonline.com “It is an ethical, economic and environmental issue given the enormous waste of energy, water, fertilizers and other inputs as a result of food that ...
Centre Daily Times The rain that soaked much of the upper Midwest in April helped replenish the soil parched by last year's severe drought but rain fell so rapidly that it also washed tons of manure and fertilizer sitting on farm fields into rivers. That has boosted ... and more »
The Hindu The State Agriculture Department has ordered a detailed probe into sale of spurious fertilizers after officials detected such cases in Hassan district. ... We have information that the sale is also on in various other parts of the State and ... and more »
CNN International "It's three times better than chemical fertilizers ," he said, referring to yield of his fruit and vegetable crops after using human fertilizer compared to more conventional methods. As he walked across his 27,000 square feet of land in Siddhipur ... and more »
NBCNews.com (blog) "For an external fertilizer with short-term sperm storage, if the female doesn't lay eggs in time, the male loses his chance to fertilize the eggs." To help combat this problem, squid sperm and the sperm of many other animals may contain manipulative ... and more »
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