Cold in Florida fields means higher prices for produce Mar 6, 2010
Food fright: Cold in Florida fields translates to higher prices for produce. Web Web Search by YAHOO. (The Palm Beach Post)
Susan McKenna Grant's La Petraia Mar 5, 2010
The couple was seduced by the rambling 165 acre property, boasting a forest where wild boar are hunted and share the space with Cinta Senese pigs (a medieval breed), organic gardens, a vineyard and an olive grove. It also boasts a rambling farmhouse that the couple has painstakingly restored and updated while staying true to its ancient Italian roots. (Suite101.com)
Science Says: Managed Grazing Good For the Environment Mar 5, 2010
Their 240-acre, 80-cow farm near Rio was discussed at the recent Wisconsin Grazing Conference ... Cows are rotated through 200 acres of pasture that are divided into 42 paddocks ... 6 acres each during the grazing season. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Afghanistan: Does Brazil Hold the Key to Afghan Stabilization? Mar 3, 2010
However, Afghanistan still gets about half the yield per acre of important crops, such as wheat, in comparison to neighboring countries. The devastated agricultural infrastructure is largely responsible for Afghanistan s agriculture woes. (EurasiaNet.org)
Legislature must act on property tax reform Mar 2, 2010
A cherry orchard on Flathead Lake may tax appraise at mere hundreds of dollars an acre while the adjacent lakeshore home values at tens of thousands of dollars a shoreline foot. Montana farmers and ranchers work hard. (Montana Standard, MT)
Heads Up: Its time to make crop insurance decisions for 2010 (30) Mar 1, 2010
The biotech yield endorsement (BYE) will be available in 2010 in Minnesota, Iowa and other major corn producing states on corn acres that are planted to certain biotech corn hybrids ... There is no prevented planted coverage with BYE, and any replant acres must be replanted to BYE eligible corn hybrids ... At least 75 percent of the insured corn acreage on a basic or optional unit must be planted to BYE eligible corn hybrids. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Early frost raises some concern in the corn market (2) Feb 28, 2010
5 bushels per acre, up 5. 6 bushels from 2008. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Trade Continues To Be Choppy Feb 27, 2010
The expected planted acres came in at 89 million, but there is still room for this number to grow heading into the March 31st planting intentions report. Export demand may have been over estimated from the USDA, ethanol slightly under estimated and our acreage number under estimated ... The total planted acres were estimated at 77 million but most analysts think this will increase as we approach the planting intentions report. (Agri-View, WI)
Westside farmers get 5% of water Feb 27, 2010
Federal delta water irrigates 80,000 acres of western Kings County farmland and much of western Fresno County, making its contribution to the area's multi-billion dollar agricultural economy. Three years of drought and environmental restrictions have left acreage unplanted and driven up unemployment in hard-hit towns like Mendota, Avenal and Stratford ... The strategy could provide an additional 200,000 acre-feet, Salazar said. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Agriculture Creating Energy With Wind, Manure Feb 26, 2010
He and his brothers, Tom, Mark, and George, and their families, farm 1,600 acres and milk more than 1,000 cows and care for 1,200 heifers and dry cows ... Crave said that last year s fertilizer bill amounted to just 75 cent an acre, on 1,600 acres. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Early spring, plant more corn; late spring, plant more soybeans? Feb 25, 2010
Soybean plantings were estimated at 77 million acres, and that number is below trade expectations of 78-78. 5 million acres. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
March corn future sets $3.50 or slightly higher near-term support Feb 25, 2010
As we move into March, we'll be thinking more about acreage and what kind of spring weather we're going to have, he said ... The agency has also unofficially estimated U.S. 2010 corn plantings at 89 million acres, with production of 13 ... He is using a 2010 corn production trend yield starting point of 159 bushels per acre. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Parking lot is unwanted Feb 24, 2010
I am writing to you regarding the misguided and unwanted (by 92 percent of public comments) plan to create a huge (10 acre) snowmobile parking lot at Green Rock on the Snowy Range Scenic Byway. There are many reasons I oppose this; some of them are personal, others are aesthetic and scientific. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Uganda: Bleak Future for Organic Cotton Feb 24, 2010
"In addition, a number of farmers had planted vast acreage of organic cotton on speculation and in response to what had appeared to be a healthy, burgeoning marketplace," laments the report ... "An acre of conventional cotton yields between 1,500kg and 2,000kg, while one gets about 150kg from an organic cotton garden of the same size. "This is unfair to farmers. (allAfrica.com)
Town Board votes to send Comp Plan up to county Feb 23, 2010
In order to get more affordable housing in Ancram the plan uses zoning changes to permit lots as small as half an acre, as well as allowing multi-family homes in homes, barns and garages ... Committee Member Don MacLean explained that: If a 100-acre property was 90 acres of swamp and wetlands, it wasn t smart to build 30 homes on the remaining 10 acres. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Wheat/Red Clover Intercropping Explored (15) Feb 22, 2010
Red clover can supply nitrogen to a subsequent corn crop, provide forage for livestock and build soil quality, reports Iowa State University associate professor of agronomy Lance Gibson, who highlights Upper Midwest research showing average fertilizer replacement value of red clover for a subsequent crop of corn to be 80 to 120 pounds per acre ... For spring wheat acres, red clover can be seeded with the wheat ... To maximize production, ISU recommends topdressing with 30 pounds of N per acre... (Agri-View, WI)
Council votes to have legal representation Feb 22, 2010
415 acre piece of town-owned property just west of Shiloh Road, behind Fire Station No. 2. Mockingbird is also seeking a 50-foot temporary construction easement for 180 days. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Failure to control storm water makes floods more likely Feb 22, 2010
In metro Atlanta, the area blanketed by hard, man-made solids such as asphalt what experts call impervious surface grew by 20 percent over the past decade, the AJC s analysis shows, replacing acres of absorbent grasslands and forests. Over the past decade, regional development added 91,000 acres of impervious surface the equivalent of nearly 69,000 football fields ... Each new acre of development in such areas caused a more extreme response from streams, with even higher, earlier peaks in flow. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Orange Peels, Newspapers May Lead to Cheaper, Cleaner Ethanol Fuel Feb 22, 2010
It is not a food crop, it produces large amounts of energy per acre and an alternate use could potentially decrease its use for smoking. Daniell's team includes Dheeraj Verma, Anderson Kanagaraj, Shuangxia Jin, Nameirakpam Singh and Pappachan E. Kolattukudy in the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences at UCF's College of Medicine. (Science Daily)
USDA’s First Report on Planting: Corn, Soybean Acres Close to Last Year (2) Feb 21, 2010
USDA s First Report on Planting: Corn, Soybean Acres Close to Last Year Agri-View: Crop News ... USDA s First Report on Planting: Corn, Soybean Acres Close to Last Year ... Government analysts expect acres of corn and soybeans nationwide to hold steady in 2009, but the area planted to principal crops to decline by nearly 7. (Agri-View, WI)
The Great California Wine Mystery Feb 20, 2010
According to Krankl, an acre of prime vineyard on the Central Coast is a minimum $25,000 these days and more likely closer to $50,000. When you factor in planting, farming, and labor costs, the road to profitability gets even longer. (Slate)
Auke Bay facility gets $3.6M grant Feb 20, 2010
an acre of remaining fill. asphalt paving of traffic areas. (Juneau Empire)
Ranch house reborn as art gallery Feb 19, 2010
On the acre piece of land at the foot of Camelback Mountain, LeClair and Farrar have created the timeless-looking hacienda they envisioned eight years ago. Reach the reporter at or 602-444-8246. (AZCentral -- Home)
Global Warming: Pro: Climate change threat is real: Rick Diamond Feb 18, 2010
If the production per acre of ethanol from genetically-altered algae can eventually dwarf the amount produced by corn, it will be the new wave of the future. County commissioners took a gamble by committing $10 million for Algenol Biofuels to move its research laboratory and scientists here from Baltimore. (The News-Press -- Opinion)
SRP president withdraws from race Feb 18, 2010
The president, vice president and 10 of the board members are elected on an acreage-based system, where people get one vote for each acre they own. Williams had filed the required paperwork to run for re-election this April, with his son Stephen filing to run as his vice president. (AZCentral -- Business)
Spring Hill resident fights new development Feb 16, 2010
For more than two years, the city has seesawed with developer Taylor Golden about a proposal to build homes on 20 acres off Denning Lane ... He said the area is composed of homes on lots of more than 2 acres and the development would include some homes on as little as half an acre. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
'Second invasion' threatens nurseries Feb 15, 2010
The noise problem: Where the frogs are at their thickest at what is believed to be more than 10,000 frogs per acre they cause noise levels that have been likened to the roar of a lawn mower. Why it matters: Beyond the nuisance of the noise they can create, the frogs may endanger Hawaiian insect populations, and they compete with native birds for food. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Philadelphia Green Helps Build Comm... Feb 15, 2010
Partnered with Philadelphia Water Department to improve stormwater management which included restoring a two acre rain garden at Liberty Lands Park. Led over 2,300 volunteers in planting trees and clearing up 68 of Philadelphia neighborhood parks. (Suite101.com)
Araujos' Eisele vineyard, lineage of luminaries Feb 15, 2010
Milt and Barbara Eisele purchased the 137 acres in 1969, and although Robert Mondavi refused a vineyard designation, they took their grapes to someone who would, in this case Ridge ... When the Araujos arrived, the vineyard was already 27 years old, with knobby head-pruned vines that turned out just a ton of fruit per acre. (San Francisco Chronicle)
South American Production Prospects Examined For Impact on U.S. Crop Prices (1) Feb 14, 2010
On the domestic supply side, there is general anticipation that both corn and soybean acreage will increase in 2010 due to the large decline in winter wheat seedings and maturity of some Conservation Reserve Program contracts ... 6 million acres more than that of a year ago ... The average yield in those five countries is projected at 41 bushels per acre, compared to 34. (Agri-View, WI)
Agri ImaGIS brings useful satellite imagery to farmers, equipment (3) Feb 14, 2010
Agri ImaGIS charges $1 per acre for developing a base system, looking at the imagery and developing zone maps. They charge another $1 per acre for prescription writing and map editing ... Weekly imagery will cost $1 per acre. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Properly Planted Pastures Grow Healthier Sheep (2) Feb 14, 2010
His ultimate proposal is to plant the following per acre: 2 pounds of Italian rye grass, 6 pounds of red clover and 10 to 12 pounds of orchard grass or tall fescue ... Thirty to 40 pounds of nitrogen per acre will get you at least an added ton of hay for only about 12 per acre. (Agri-View, WI)
Getting the dirt on ... dirt (1) Feb 14, 2010
Rooney said the cost of an analysis varies from 70 to 250 an acre, and the firm can do about 40 acres a day ... John Hohenrieder owns 20 acres of Old Vine Zinfandel, and said that harvesting good grapes comes from knowing as much as possible about the soil. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Uganda: How to Cash in on the Coming Food Boom Feb 13, 2010
You can plant at an initial cost of about Shs130,000 per acre, you can plant sugar cane ultimately worth almost Shs700,000 per acre. You do not need to be a professional farmer to earn this kind of exceptional return: and it beats leaving your land idle. (allAfrica.com)
'It's a viable crop for us' Feb 13, 2010
A Minnesota-based confection sunflower company, Dahlgren Inc., is looking to contract with growers for up to 2,000 acres of confection sunflowers in the area. In 2009, only two local growers contracted with Dahlgren for about 300 acres of sunflowers ... A conservative estimate for the average yield in the Powell area is about 2,600 pounds per acre, Violett said. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Ayariga appears before parliamentary vetting committee Feb 12, 2010
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Remodel optimizes floor plan Feb 12, 2010
The entry was tucked into a corner at the back of the home that sits on nearly three-fourths of an acre in a near rurallike setting in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve foothills. Not only was the front door hidden, but a warren of small rooms provided few mountain views. (AZCentral -- Home)
Resistant Wheat Goes for the Gut to Protect Against Hessian Flies Feb 12, 2010
Hessian flies cause considerable damage to wheat crops, with grain yields reduced as much as 20 bushels per acre with moderate infestation levels. There are about a half dozen undeployed genes identified in wheat that offer high resistance to Hessian flies and could be deployed to defend the plants. (Science Daily)
Rotation decisions: Gambling with the future Feb 11, 2010
Corn-after-corn rotations are becoming more common in some corn-growing areas where farmers have gambled that strong corn prices would yield better profits because corn yields more bushels per acre than soybeans ... Kansas State University Agricultural Economist Dan O'Brien said soybeans aren't a common Kansas crop on non-irrigated acres because August weather conditions are generally hot and dry which leads to low soybean yields ... Intense cropping practices are taking hold in many areas of... (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Renewable Fuels Standard announcement and reaction Feb 11, 2010
"This means that all corn ethanol including existing grandfathered capacity and new production will qualify to meet the conventional biofuels targets in the RFS.NCGA continues to be disappointed that EPA chose to use the flawed theory of international indirect land use change in their calculations. Ihnen stressed that the EPA should reject the unproven theory of international indirect land use change, which assumes that growing more corn means planting corn on a proportionately greater amount of... (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Aches, pains, cramps . . . Those garden pests! Feb 10, 2010
Brick has a better idea, one she uses on the flower and vegetable gardens, shrubs, and containers on her own one-acre property ... "I have almost an acre and it's really covered with a lot of stuff. It's a lot of work and I don't have the stamina to do it," says Walker, who designs gardens for others, too. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Will Allen’s Growing Power n Growing Much More Than Food (27) Feb 9, 2010
Will Allen is an urban farmergrowing enough food to feed over 2,000 people annually on a 2-acre site in the city of Milwaukee at a place called Growing Power ... He estimates their 2 acres of growing space on Silver Spring Drive is producing about 5 per square foot or roughly 200,000 an acre annually. (Agri-View, WI)
Kloos Wins New PEPS Green Fields-Blue Waters’ Award (2) Feb 7, 2010
After attending UW-River Falls, he quit college six months shy of graduating to pursue his dream of running a combine over the vast acreages of the western U.S. It wasn t the smart thing to do, Kloos admits in regards to not earning his four-year degree ... At the height of his custom harvest operations, he had three combines and five employees and they harvested 23,000 acres in a year ... In southern Texas, some of the farms were 14,000 acres. (Agri-View, WI)
Following is a schedule of ag-related events of special interest to farmers. Some events and activities might require advance registration. For more information on events listed here, contact the host county Extension office or sponsoring organization. (3) Feb 7, 2010
6: Composting Manure on a Small Acreage Workshop, 9 a.m. Noon, Hooved Animal Humane Society, Woodstock, Ill ... 9: ACRE Meeting, 10 a.m.- noon, JPCC, Oshkosh ... 10: ACRE Meeting, 7-9 p.m., JPCC, Oshkosh. (Agri-View, WI)
Families say they'll sue Kauai County over demolition Feb 7, 2010
Their families share ownership of the beach-front land, around a third of an acre, and said more legal action is forthcoming. Beth Tokioka, executive assistant to Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho Jr., said Friday the county stands by its Thursday actions. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Harvest still not complete for some farmers in county Feb 6, 2010
As of Tuesday, approximately 3,000 acres of corn remained in Lee County fields, Dodds said ... Dodds estimates Lee Countys average corn yield at 150 to 160 bushels per acre in 2009, down from the 2008 yield of 177 ... Corn yields in Lee County ranged from 100- to 200-plus bushels per acre, he said. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Study: Eastern Trees in the Midst of a Growth Spurt Feb 6, 2010
On average, the stands were expanding at a rate of two extra tons of mass per acre per year, by the end of the study the equivalent of a single two-foot-diameter tree, if you could grow a tree that big in a year ... " Over that 22-year span, Parker and the others noticed that the growth curve gradually bends upward, meaning the regrowth was accelerating a hint, anyway, that controlled experiments involving enriched CO2 levels were indeed a reasonable if rough proxy of what would likely happen in... (Time.com)
Sitcom star Joely Fisher has sold her Encino compound Feb 6, 2010
The couple spent seven years working on the villa, which has more than 6,500 square feet of space and is situated on about a third of an acre to maximize privacy while taking advantage of expansive city, canyon and mountain views ... The renovated single-story house, built in 1953, sits on three-quarters of an acre, making it private and secluded. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Council members dig into wall repairs Feb 5, 2010
268 acre tract located at 801 East College Street. The location was changed from a specific use district landfill to a specific use district landfill with two variances. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Green Thumb: Oh, how we love those penstemons Feb 5, 2010
At that project site he successfully managed more than an acre of traditional crops with rainfall as the sole source of water ... Additionally, he manages 80 acres of family forest in Missouri. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Two Rivers Water buys SE Colo. resources Feb 4, 2010
"The Cucharas Reservoir, when restored, has 55,000 acre feet of storage capacity, which can be rebuilt for less than $375 an acre foot, compared to a current cost of construction of over $3,000 an acre foot for other large capacity reservoirs," he said ... It said Two Rivers has purchased about 1,000 acres of farmland in the area and has agreements to purchase 3,500 additional acres ... "Two Rivers expects to purchase as much as 15,000 acres of farmland and reintroduce water on the land and... (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Joule plants to launch renewable energy plant in Leander Feb 4, 2010
-based leased a five-acre plot of land in the City of Leander, Texas ... At full-scale production with additional commercial sites, the company estimates it will produce about 25,000 gallons of ethanol per acre a year and 15,000 gallons of diesel per acre. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
What soybeans are you going to plant? Feb 3, 2010
Late planting in 2009 meant half of the state;s soybean acres did not get planted until early June ... That may help explain why Illinois soybean farmers in 2009 had an estimated average yield of 45 bushels per acre, down only slightly from the 2008 average yield of 47 bushels per acre. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Red California, blue California Feb 3, 2010
5 million trees have been tightly planted on 12,500 acres, an experiment growers hope will make California olive oil cheaper and fresher than that of their competitors. State officials estimate that in another decade there will be 100,000 acres of hedgerow trees producing 20 million gallons of oil to help sate Americans' 75 million gallons-a-year thirst -- 99 ... In 2003, planting took off after years of tests showed hedgerows that cram 600 trees to an acre, instead of 150, produce olives just... (Salon)
Are there years when dandelions are more plentiful? Feb 2, 2010
The bad news is that an acre of pure dandelions can produce about one-quarter billion seeds, Renz says. The good news is that, in the grand scheme of things, there are a lot worse plants than dandelions. (Why Files)
We need more, and bigger, gardens, not McMansions Feb 1, 2010
The wonder of it is that while the Housing Industry Association says subdivisions in recent decades have shrunk from a quarter acre to an eighth, houses built houses have gotten bigger. That's right: despite subdivisions having shrunk by up to 50 per cent, the average new house has grown by 50 square metres since 1986. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Great yields in 2009 bode well for canola in 2010 (7) Jan 31, 2010
USDA reported this month that producers averaged 1,840 pounds an acre in North Dakota, but Coleman has had reports from growers signaling even higher yields ... Many had yields of 3,000 pounds an acre, he said ... In northwestern Minnesota, USDA reported an average of 1,700 pounds an acre. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Alpacas as Pets Jan 31, 2010
They must also have a mimimum of an acre of land to graze or forage from; up to six alpacas can be kept on an acre of land, but this number may require hand feeding at various times throughout the year depending on the pasture ... However, alpacas on small acreage provide an opportunity to care for and learn about an interesting and curious animal that will protect smaller animals on the property, provide fleece and manure and are a charming aesthetic for the Hobby Farmer. (Suite101.com)
CROP LOSSES HIT SEA HARD Jan 31, 2010
Half of the value of the cotton crops in Desha and Chicot counties was eliminated by spring rains that delayed planting and rainfall in the fall that stalled harvests, resulting in damaged cotton bolls and yields reduced by hundreds of pounds of lint per acre, said Wes Kirkpatrick, county agent-staff chairman in Desha County ... Soybean producers saw an estimated 100,000 acres lost to poor harvest conditions, yields, additional work required in the fields and deterioration in quality, while poor... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Tired of winter? The No. 1 reason to dread summer: grasshoppers Jan 31, 2010
Mooney expects more than a million acres will need to be sprayed in just a three-week period ... But even with county, state and federal grants, it is expected to cost each landowner about $1 an acre to spray. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Hot property: Hurt Locker' actors sell investment property Jan 30, 2010
The two-story contemporary Mediterranean house, built in 2000, sits on nearly three-quarters of an acre with a soccer field-sized lawn, a stream, gardens and a koi pond ... The single-story house, on nearly three-quarters of an acre, has six bedrooms and six bathrooms ... The more than an acre site has a 60-foot-long swimming pool with seating areas, fire pits and a projection system. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
China's purchases of U.S. soybeans remain strong Jan 29, 2010
3 bushels per acre above the 2008 crop ... With U.S. 2009 acres planted to winter wheat coming in 14 percent lower than in 2008, more soybeans or corn could be planted in 2010, Jensen added. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
GUTHRIE CENTER CITY COUNCIL Jan 29, 2010
Bids were opened for farming approximately 60 acres of landand what is commonly referred to as theold airport ... Five bids were received and Mike Thomas was the high bidder at $155 an acre ... Others were Tom and Ed Langgaard $125/acre, Kevin Dentlinger $125/acre, John Knobbe $120/acre and C.W. Thomas $86/acre. (The Guthrian, IA)
El Nino to boost 2010 U.S. crops: report Jan 29, 2010
2 bushels per acre, resulting in a record-large crop of 13 ... 0 bushels per acre, and production topped 3. (Scientific American)
Biofuel wonder fades Jan 28, 2010
5 tonnes of jatropha seeds per hectare (three tons per acre) under irrigated conditions. Similarly, a 2007 report by the state-run National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board (NOVOD) predicted yields of three to five tonnes per hectare. (iAfrica.com)
