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Can One-Time Tillage Improve No-tillMadison WI (SPX) Jun 30, 2010 A one-time tillage has no adverse effects on yield or soil properties on no-till land, according to field research conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Although tillage is another expense for farmers and generally increases the risk of soil erosion, a one-time tillage may be performed to correct some problem, such as a perennial weed problem. The feasibility study was conducted for five years at two locations in eastern Nebraska. Charles Wortmann led the interdisciplinary team in ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2010China scrambled Sunday to repair water defences shattered by relentless rain, state media said, after flood-related disasters claimed the lives of 235 people this month. Officials in Jiangxi province said a major dyke that broke last week when the river running through Fuzhou city burst its banks, forcing the evacuation of 1.3 million people, had been fixed, the Xinhua news agency said. ... more 
Uniao Dos Palmares, Brazil (AFP) June 24, 2010As flood waters subsided Thursday, Brazil's impoverished northeast struggled to emerge from a natural disaster that left towns and villages in ruins, dozens missing, and 51 confirmed dead. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva flew by helicopter over the areas of Alagoas and Pernambuco states hardest hit by this week's devastating floods, and walked the mud caked streets of Palmares, a city of ... more  
Ontario, Canada (SPX) Jun 28, 2010Consumers shouldn't assume that, because a product is organic, it's also environmentally friendly. A new University of Guelph study reveals some organic pesticides can have a higher environmental impact than conventional pesticides because the organic product may require larger doses. Environmental sciences professor Rebecca Hallett and PhD candidate Christine Bahlai compared the effective ... more |
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Egypt, Sudan won't be forced to sign Nile treaty: officialsAddis Ababa (AFP) June 27, 2010 Egypt and Sudan will not be forced into signing a new deal on the sharing of the Nile's waters, officials stressed Sunday at talks in Addis Ababa. The water ministers of Egypt and Sudan, the largest consumers of the Nile's waters, were in the Ethiopian capital to discuss the increasingly contentious issue, which is pitting them against five other riparian countries. Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda inked a framework in March replacing a 1929 colonial-era treaty between Egypt and Brit ... read more |
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