Food is considered organic if it comes from animals that aren?t given antibiotics or growth hormones, or if it?s produced without the use of most conventional pesticides and fertilizers. Changes in the process required to certify products as organic could have prompted some farmers who grow organic crops to forgo the certification, and recent data counted only certified operations. Not only did the amount of land that Ohio farmers devote to certified-organic crops, fruits and vegetables...

Printer Friendly FormatEmail Page. If you've heard about big yield improvements or cost savings from using some new crop production input and wondered whether that product might help boost your profits, the Iowa Soybean Association's On-Farm Network can help you find the answer as it applies to your farm. If you've heard about big yield improvements or cost savings from using some new crop production input and wondered whether that product might help boost your profits, the Iowa Soybean...

The indifference shown by the government of Sindh and the provincial environment protection department towards the danger posed by the unchecked dumping of hazardous chemical waste such as dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) in the Malir river area of Karachi is depressing. The indifference shown by the government of Sindh and the provincial environment protection department towards the danger posed by the unchecked dumping of hazardous chemical waste such as...

Gozamen Cooperatives Union, which was unable to sell the fertilizer that it imported in the last fiscal year, seems to have encountered a major shift in luck with the international increase in fertilizer prices. The story is different this year, with Gozamen having kept in stock the fertilizer that it was unable to sell last year. Urea in particular is manufactured using gases, which means it is directly affected by the fluctuations of the oil market. The financial strain that was caused...

Contracts would entail five-year exploration and 20-year production periods, with an optional 10-year production extension. Excess gas could go to create methanol, fertilizer, urea or LNG, among other products. Although this round has sparked a lot of attention, names of companies that have expressed interest cannot be released at this time, Wright said. This round does not entail a formal bidding process but only the submission of informal bids. Subscribing to RigLogix will allow you to...

And it serves as a powerful example of how farmers may need to start adjusting crop variants and field methods to accommodate gradual climate change, agronomists say. The dire situation was brought about by a confluence of metrological events - an unseasonably warm March punched out in early April by a major cold snap. Extension specialists already urge farmers to plant varietals of the same crop instead of a single high-yielding variety to spread the risk out , says Dr. Crop insurance...

Fertilizer is placed in either the 200-ton blend tower for retail sales to farmers; or the 200-ton wholesale tower where a single fertilizer product is loaded for sales to wholesale operations. The site includes an 80-foot-by-155-foot chemical and liquid fertilizer facility built with the same commitment to speed and streamlining as the dry fertilizer warehouse. Farmers put their crops in quickly, so agronomic companies are building their operations larger to streamline the process of...

Besides offering insight into EPA's concerns, the 10-page document illustrates how regulatory decisions made in Washington can spawn applications of new technology, increase demand for a commodity, and require the establishment of a supply and distribution infrastructure. April 10 (Bloomberg) -- Change your oil according to your vehicle's maintenance schedule, and don't forget to fill the urea tank. Starting in 2010, owners of diesel-powered cars and trucks may have to fill a supplementary...

The partners will focus in particular on the development of innovative plant protection systems. The project brings together over 130 researchers from 18 European organisations into a Network of Excellence covering disciplines as diverse as agronomy, genetics, ecology, economics and sociology. As well as analysing their agronomic efficacy, environmental impacts and economic factors, the researchers will evaluate these systems on the basis of consumer perceptions, marketing strategies and...