Future Foggy for Family Farm: Area Counties See Changes in Land Use
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By Tonya Root, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Jun. 10--Above: An old, red tractor that Johnny Shelley's father bought before the 58-year-old was born still is used on his family's farm in the Pleasant View community.   The 1947 B.F.
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By Travis Talent, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 1--DAVIDSON COUNTY -- Mother Nature has not been kind to the state so far in 2007.
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By Dan Voelpel, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 24--In meteorological terms, we have a new extended outlook on that whopper of a Wi-Fi cloud predicted to materialize over Pierce County -- it's no longer in the forecast.
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By Dan Buglass rural affairs editor  THE days when farmers paid scant regard to the environment and their custody of the countryside are long gone.
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On a quiet cul-de-sac in Southernwalk, an upscale Loudoun County neighborhood, the fiber-optic cables beneath the manicured lawns were once a source of technological pride. Now they're a source of headaches.
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By Joyce Lobeck, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Feb. 19--Possible neighbors of the proposed hog farm in eastern Yuma  County aren't quite ready to accept an animal feeding operation in their  backyard even though the company intends to break ground this week.
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By Mary E. Young, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Sep. 18--A father and son have been on the fence for years, trying to decide if they want to sell their Barto farm for development or give up the right to sell and instead preserve the property for future generations.
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By Ryan Schuster, The Bakersfield Californian  Sep. 18--Plenty of dust has been kicked up at the Kern County Fair's  livestock division in recent years -- and not all of it has come from the  animals.
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CONESTOGA, Pa. - To longtime rural residents, the smell of manure is something they hardly notice...
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By Chuck Mueller, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb.
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The move marks a growing trend in public-private efforts in western US toward land conservation.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Dec. 14--Two million tons of agriculture waste are generated each year within Benton, Franklin, Yakima and surrounding counties.   Much of the waste is tossed into landfills. Grape waste often is piled up, creating safety concerns.
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By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep.
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By THOMAS B. LANGHORNE, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7432 or langhornet@courierpress.com  Vanderburgh County is poised to buy nearly 74 acres of heavily wooded, often flooded state surplus land -- but county officials aren't sure what to do with it if they get it.
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By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Sep. 14--The battle over Kootenai County's rural lands continues tonight as two developers will ask to change the growth plan to allow megaprojects in the countryside.
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By Mary Lynne Vellinga, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Mar. 11--Along White Rock Road in eastern Sacramento County, pastures abruptly give way to tiled rooftops at the El Dorado County line.   On the Sacramento County side, the scene has changed little in the past century.
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By Pandey, C; Shukla, S  A two-year study was conducted in 2002-2003 (season one) and 2003- 2004 (season two) at a seepage irrigated vegetable farm in south Florida to investigate the effects of soil organic amendment (composted yard waste) on movement of water in a sandy soil.