Rain, snow continues to delay ND harvest

Ida Batters Nicaragua And Then Weakens

By: AliceCullen

Ida weakened back into a tropical storm on Thursday after ripping into Nicaragua's Atlantic coast, completely destroying several dozen homes and forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people. Ida, clocking seventy-five mph winds, struck land around sunrise in Tasbapauni, about sixty miles northeast of Bluefields. A few hours later it ...

21 days ago

Farmers Take Advantage of Unseasonable Temps to Harvest

By: Righter

  Delayed by rain throughout much of October, farmers in the upper Midwest region are feeling the pressure now to finish harvesting corn and soybeans before snow starts falling on the area.  Statistics released by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) indicate ...

4 days ago

There Maybe Shortage Of Canned Pumpkin

By: dottie62

Portland,Ore.-Because of poor weather:Nestle-which sells nearly all the canned pumpkin in the U.S. Says the weather hurt its harvest. The company said heavy rains made it nearly impossible to pick its pumpkins during this years harvest. The company had a wet harvest last year,too.So it didn't have a surplus to carry over into this year.This led ...

6 days ago

The dangers of Bt brinjal farming in India

By: sasidharannair

The Bt brinjal farming is dangerous. The current brinjal industry in India is estimated above Rs. 8,500 crores (above US$ 1,700 million). Sasidharan Nair describes some of the major hitches of Bt brinjal  farming in India in his research study. India is the second largest brinjal producing country in the world after China. Others are Egypt, ...

15 days ago