Future of Illinois Farm May Lie in Swampy Past
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Environmentalists say they can return a 7,000-acre farm to its natural state as a thriving wetland by allowing it to flood.
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Financial results were fierce for this agricultural enabler.
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Plans to develop Heart of the Triad acres will be met with enthusiasm by many landowners who find their property more valuable. For others, however, HOT looks like a threat to a traditional way of life.
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Manure generated on large U.S. livestock farms, which can later contaminate soil and water, has lead to a fierce debate over whether farmers and ranchers should be held responsible for cleaning up the mess.
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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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Environmental officials believe progress is being made against an invasive weed found in a northern Indiana, though more chemicals will likely need to be applied.
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As the suburbs swell in some Southern states, developers must sometimes grapple with the problem of what to do when an old cemetery lies in the path of the backhoes.
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Weeds sometimes hide fertile fields of growth.
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By MATTHEW VAN DUSEN, STAFF WRITER  FRANKLIN LAKES  A proposed development on a 10-acre horse farm in the borough could contaminate nearby wells, according to an environmental consultant hired by neighbors seeking to preserve the farm.
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The future of the Urban Development Boundary is up for grabs in Miami-Dade County as farmers and environmentalists face off about new construction.
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By Mary Ann Ford, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 9--BLOOMINGTON -- A controversial wind farm proposal has been recommended to the McLean County Board.
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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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By Mike Michaelson  When pioneers rolled their creaking covered wagons westward, land occupied by present-day Indiana was virgin prairie - more than 2 million acres of it, with stands of lush bluestem grass growing 10 feet tall.
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Cotton producer Doug Hlavaty looks across his South Plains fields and sees the potential for trouble.
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Northeast Iowa farmers have said for years it was only a matter of time before soybean rust was found in the United States. Time&#39;s up.
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By Debbie Gebolys, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 17--In the rolling landscape north of Scioto Downs, a colony of agricultural researchers and greenhouse entrepreneurs toils a short walk from their ecologically sensitive homes.
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A family farm near the Delaware River abandoned cows for Douglas firs, but the risks of farming remain.