Quebec, in March 2003, introduced a new province-wide pesticide Management Code, to be phased in over three years, that strictly regulates the storage, sale and use of pesticides. Top-dress and fertilize: Once a year in the fall, use a slow-release granular fertilizer or apply a top layer of natural organic matter such as compost(top-dress) It was so encouraging to hear in the news a month ago that the city of Fredericton in New Brunswick met for an environmental summit and have set the...

Ag View FS of Princeton received $3,417, and Michlig Agricenter of Manlius received $4,000 as part of funding to help businesses secure their facilities to prevent the theft of anhydrous ammonia, a farm fertilizer and key ingredient used to manufacture methamphetamine. Bureau County Republican - Agriculture Forecasts, Radar & Current Conditions. Ag View FS of Princeton received $3,417, and Michlig Agricenter of Manlius received $4,000 as part of funding to help businesses secure their...

Tom Coburn has effectively blocked a resolution to honor environmental author Rachel Carson on the 100th anniversary of her birth, saying that her warnings about environmental damage have put a stigma on potentially lifesaving pesticides, congressional staffers said yesterday. Tom Coburn has effectively blocked a resolution to honor environmental author Rachel Carson on the 100th anniversary of her birth, saying that her warnings about environmental damage have put a stigma on potentially...

Eastern Shore on short list for poultry litter fueled plant By Greg Latshaw Staff Writer SALISBURY The company that next month will launch the country s first poultry-waste-fueled power plant has said the Lower Shore would be an excellent location for its next plant. Eastern Shore on short list for poultry litter fueled plant By Greg Latshaw Staff Writer SALISBURY The company that next month will launch the country s first poultry-waste-fueled power plant has said the Lower Shore would be...

While drinking their morning coffee, residents of the Ashtabula Harbor may have heard a small yellow airplane flying in low from over Lake Erie, spraying insecticides over Eleanor, Norwood, Southwood, Westwood and Eastwood drives, parts of Norman, Allen, Gladding and Union avenues and West Ninth Street. While drinking their morning coffee, residents of the Ashtabula Harbor may have heard a small yellow airplane flying in low from over Lake Erie, spraying insecticides over Eleanor, Norwood,...