The latest fertilizer tender, opened last week on Tuesday, March 27 was yet another failure in attracting interested bidders, as has become the trend for tenders opened over the last three months. With this harvest year projected to have the highest agricultural productivity rates, this trend has alarmed the Oromia Region Rural and Agriculture Development Bureau (ORRADB), which is attempting to import the urgently needed 25,000tn of Urea fertilizer through the Lome-Adama Cooperatives...

Land-grant institutions, theres one in every state, are the glue that holds the infrastructure of modern agriculture together. I heard from a number of former colleagues in academia, mostly commiserating about how bad things were for agriculture at land-grant universities. Finding new ways to use old products, non-partisan evaluation of future products, now that chemical companies see a market potential, adapting old production practices like tillage, and a myriad of other production...

With the cost of fertilizer quickly exceeding the potential increase in production realized from most perennial grass pastures, managers should carefully evaluate the point of diminishing returns in these systems, SDSU Extension Range Livestock Production Specialist Eric Mousel said. With the cost of fertilizer quickly exceeding the potential increase in production realized from most perennial grass pastures, managers should carefully evaluate the point of diminishing returns in these...

Have there been times when you come across someone that seems to be wearing an entire bottle of cologne or perfume and you have the same reaction? Or have you walked into your favorite restaurant that has just reopened after renovation with new carpet and paint and again it hits you? Have there been times when you come across someone that seems to be wearing an entire bottle of cologne or perfume and you have the same reaction? Or have you walked into your favorite restaurant that has just...

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...