The governor's office says the freeze resulted in 258 million dollars in damage to Georgia crops, a 33 percent decrease from the normal production value. Grains, hay, forage and pasture losses were also significant. Farmers whose crops were damaged or destroyed during a record freeze Easter weekend can now apply for federal loans. Interested participants should contact their local FSA office for more information. Blueberries, pecans and peaches suffered the greatest losses. Agriculture...

Possibly glufosinate and glyphosate, herbicides that are liberally applied to crops across the US, and are absorbed by crops that are genetically engineered (transgenic or GM, genetically modified), so that they are not harmed by the weed killers while all else growing in the fields is wiped out, could be part of the problem. ca : BullBoards Postings - China science of transgenic gluten Login:Password: Possibly glufosinate and glyphosate, herbicides that are liberally applied to crops...

Making the most of rainfall for forage producers particularly for bermuda grass means fertilizing. If grass is properly fertilized, producers can attain significantly more forage with less rainfall compared with non-fertilized bermuda. That means we need to manage our forage supplies so that when an extended drought hits, we can avoid or at least moderate the kind of problems many producers faced last year, he said. Long-term weather patterns, Woods said, are fairly predictable and...

But a loose regulatory framework and sometimes just plain confusion about what exactly constitutes organic food has proved a stumbling block, experts say. How could you produce farm products without chemical fertiliser and pesticides?" said Zhang, whose company San'an Agriculture promotes "safe food" Two food processors in China are suspected of adding the chemical melamine to vegetable proteins used in feed for pets, hogs, poultry and fish. This is helping drive sales in another, though...

What we have learned through this scare is that most pet food products are produced in a few huge factories. They make food for many pet food companies from the higher quality to the mediocre. All pet food products claim certain protein levels in order to achieve the recommendations required for certain age and activity level of pets. Eventually, this problem with contaminated pet food will pass, but, in the meantime, we hopefully have become more aware of the need to know what we are...