Converted into chemicals, the oil and gas become petrochemicals that are used to develop plastic, polyester, rubbers, detergent, and chemical fertilizers and other pesticides. The rocketing price of crude oil is not only sharply hiking the costs of fueling the car and heating the home, but is bidding up prices on the raw materials that go into goods from produce to perfume. At the same time, the push to develop ethanol as an alternative fuel through corn and similar products is inflating...

Bonsai most likely first evolved in China about 2,200 years ago, then was adopted about 1,000 years later by the Japanese, who added structure and rules to the art. Heinen shapes his trees to resemble memories of favorite trees or even interesting trees he spots around town. The museum is dedicated to the education, study, and of course display of bonsai and related art forms. He often departs from the traditional to create bonsai that denote the American landscape. Tiny treasures: Bonsai...

First, the good news is that we have several sources of alternative sources of high-energy feeds in this area including corn, distillers grains, and pelleted soybean hulls. Additionally, many producers do not have the facilities to store distillers grains or soybean hulls, or the ability to purchase them in semi-load amounts. Usually, our problem in this part of the country is meeting a cow or heifer's energy needs, because our grass/legume mixtures are relatively high in protein. Forages...

In the third quarter, the Company stepped up the connection between production management and marketing, solidly promoted the construction of key projects and focused on energy conservation and a reduction of discharged pollutants, thereby ensuring safe production and market supply. In the third quarter, the Company stepped up the connection between production management and marketing, solidly promoted the construction of key projects and focused on energy conservation and a reduction of...

Fearing the hillside would never be safe again, the government started constructing a replacement village on a nearby plateau, blasted from rock for increased stability. Higher and less stable water levels behind the dam, now at almost 500 feet above sea level and scheduled to rise to 575 feet, have altered pressure bearing on the base of majestic cliff sides, they explained, causing the perennially unstable ground to give way more often up and down the reservoir. From the beginning,...