Indicators Highlight Links Between Agricultural Resources and the Environment
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By Wiebe, Keith  Agricultural production both depends on and influences a wide range of natural and other resources. These resources include land, water, and genetic material, as well as knowledge, production technologies, and management skills.
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Extreme weather, drought and spreading disease are on the horizon if something isn't done to rein in the human impact on the environment, a new study says. By the Associated Press.
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Â· More digestible feedstuff reduces production of gasÂ· Farmers could switch to different grass varieties
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By Josh Rabe, The Daily Oklahoman  Dec. 9--ALTUS -- State agriculture officials helped collect more than 62,000 pounds of pesticides this week in an effort to get rid of old, unwanted chemicals.
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Poor farmersâ simple methods have helped lead to millions of newly tree-covered acres in a dust-choked region.
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Pinpointing pollutant sources is an important part of the ongoing battle to improve air quality and to understand its impact on climate.
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A  Bush administration report suggests that evidence of global warming has begun to affect animal and plant populations in visible ways, and that rising temperatures in North America are due in part to human activity.
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By Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 19--FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, government officials, farmers and environmentalists have been trying to find a way of prevent dangerous agricultural runoff from polluting the Delta and other state waterways.
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According to anba: June 05, the World Environment Day, saw the debut of the AgroRespons?vel blog (http:// agroresponsavel.blogspot.com), dedicated to socioenvironmental responsibility in agribusiness.
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The federal government and a nonprofit group are buying the land from local farmers to ensure its biodiversity is preserved. BY LISA J. ADAMS /Associated Press.
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For more than four decades, Rod Arbuthnot has run his farm in a fashion many conservationists love. He uses rotational grazing on his rangeland. Some 41 acres of native grass strips protect water quality on the streams that flow on the farm. Wildlife areas are left for deer, turkey and prairie chickens.
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A study produces evidence of a link between exposure to pesticides and a raised risk of Parkinson's disease.
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Drought, pollution, mismanagement and politics have made water a precious commodity in much of the world.
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While environmentalists applaud some measures, farmers are concerned about financial curbs.
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There is an apparent link between a commonly used agricultural pesticide and lung cancer, and caution should be exercised when using the product, government scientists say in a study released today.
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Concern at the distance 'green' produce travels.
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Europeâs farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil.