Bookrunners give wide value to Acron ahe [ Reuters ] Jul 7, 2008  Fertiliser stocks have reached record levels this year, driven by a sharp increase in demand for soil nutrients coinciding with an unprecedented global ... Read More ...

Organic farms deliver [ C&G Newspapers ] Jul 7, 2008  ... farm boasting 55 acres of organic vegetables, 10 acres of pasture and hay for the farm's animals, and 5-10 acres of cover crop to ensure soil fertility. ... Read More ...

Uganda New Organic Fertiliser Improves [ AllAfrica.com ] Jul 2, 2008  This is attributed to loss of soil fertility due to chemical fertiliser application over the years. To improve soil fertility and tackle environmental and ... Read More ...

Kaliningrad region to host meeting of yo [ Trend News Agency ] Jul 7, 2008  ... field laboratories, the competition for young ecologists and tests to check the children's knowledge in soil science, ecology, hydrobiology and botany. ... Read More ...

Resume conservation [ farming-expert ] Jul 5, 2008  'Those farmers without cow manure can dig the holes and put tree leaves to rot so as to enhance soil fertility,' Mr Nyoni said. He said urban and peri-urban ... Read More ...

Our expressways have no foundations— M [ Vanguard ] Jul 6, 2008  The product of his research efforts into soil foundation for roads, which he called LATERALITE fetched him this year's NLNG Science Prize. ... Read More ...

Teacher wins research grant [ NRToday.com ] Jul 7, 2008  Thomas Chastain, an associate professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Science, will oversee Ferguson's research titled, 'Biological Effects of Nitrogen ... Read More ...

Spacecraft Carries Out More Tests After [ Voice of America ] Jul 7, 2008  On June fifteenth, it dug a hole about seven centimeters deep in the Martian soil. The hole contained small particles of a light-colored substance. ... Read More ...

Dishing the Dirt on ....Dirt [ Opinion250 News ] Jul 5, 2008  ... BC - Nearly 200 soil scientists from all over Canada will be at UNBC this week to take part in the Canadian Society of Soil Science's annual conference. ... Read More ...

Drier soil, less water predicted in weat [ ABC Online ] Jul 7, 2008  The National Farmers Federation says the CSIRO's drought report underlines the need for more money to be spent on research. It says the report calls into ... Read More ...

Rate This Article [ Financial Express ] Jun 29, 2008  Depending upon the land quality various management practices evolved by the farmers in the region have led to an increase in soil fertility. ... Read More ...

NMSU tests vegetation for well reclamati [ Las Cruces Sun-News ] Jul 7, 2008  Richard Arnold, college professor of weed science at the center, conducted a three-year study to find a variety of grasses that are adaptive to soil and ... Read More ...

Wally Miller The Sage of Soil Scientists [ UNR NevadaNews ] Jul 7, 2008  Miller won an award at the 2007 annual meeting of the Soil Science Society of America for best paper on Fire Effects using data from the runoff collectors. ... Read More ...

NASA's Phoenix Lander Delivers Soil-Chem [ Jet Propulsion Laboratory ] Jul 7, 2008  If the test goes well, the science team plans to use this method for gathering the next sample to be delivered to Phoenix's bake-and-sniff instrument, ... Read More ...

Science Scene [ The California Aggie Online ] Jul 7, 2008  NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander determined that nutrients required for plant growth are present in a soil a sample taken from the planet's northern arctic plain. ... Read More ...

Minister calls for scientific innovation [ KanglaOnline ] Jul 6, 2008  Appropriate application of fertilizers could also retain the soil fertility for a long time and it helps in checking the fast deteriorating fertility of the ... Read More ...

Smithsonian exhibit opening film include [ Montana State University ] Jul 7, 2008  Jones has taught at MSU since 1997 in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences and has been the MSU Extension soil fertility specialist ... Read More ...

Fertile minds How a garden in Hampton Co [ Independent ] Jul 5, 2008  Growers in Africa have been affected by climate change, war and the loss of almost a whole generation to Aids, reducing the levels of soil fertility and ... Read More ...