Davis Supervisor Sees Bugs As Future of Weed Control
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By Joseph M. Dougherty Deseret Morning News  In a couple weeks, Brandon Hunt's work will take him across Davis County, where he will battle all sorts of unsavory characters.
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Bumper cannabis crops -- and tighter border controls -- are creating a looming internal drug problem for the country
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By Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jan. 31--Fresno County supervisors slowed a plan Tuesday to expand Parlier's future city boundaries, saying the city did not do enough to protect sensitive agricultural areas.
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BINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight. The culprit was a seasonal pest: the eastern field mous...
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The spread of pollen or seeds from genetically engineered plants is evolving from an abstract scientific worry into a significant practical problem.
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The grass, native to the U.S., gets high marks for energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions in Department of Agriculture test.
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By Rex Springston and Peter Hardin, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 12--Bigger dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay. Weed-infested forests. Sick fish.   This is scientist Roger Mann's vision of a Virginia afflicted by global warming.   Stressed, dying trees. Forest fires.
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By B.C. Manion, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 2--LITHIA -- Lynn Barber's favorite hobby, gardening, sounds placid enough, but it's fraught with danger.   Once, while transplanting a citrus tree, she was swarmed by fire ants.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 5--Union County has asked a court to uphold its growth-control ordinance in response to a developer's suit challenging its legality.
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By ELLIOTT MINOR  TIFTON, Ga. - The cotton industry is concerned about the discovery of a herbicide-resistant weed that spreads easily, can grow an inch a day even during droughts and could force farmers to return to older growing methods that were harsher on the environment.
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Ray Parsons, director of Harris County&#39;s Mosquito Control Division since 1996, will retire at the end of the year. During his tenure, the county has had to deal with a sprawling population - demanding
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The latest food-contamination case raises the stakes for growers and public officials.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. - Sheriff's officers had marijuana growing right under their noses - or at least right outside their headquarters - before discovering and removing the illegal weed...
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State wildlife officials are declaring success in their chemical campaign against an invasive weed that had threatened to overwhelm a northern Indiana lake.
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By LISA CORNWELL CINCINNATI - Kathy Choi touches a kiosk screen, then looks up at a larger wall screen to see digitally created yellowish-brown mounds snaking through bright green grassland dotted with brilliant blue rivers and lakes.
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By April Bethea, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 13--Need to be convinced about the power of mulch?   Steve Elliott and his wife, Kandi, have black-eyed Susans in their yard. Normally, the plants grow only 3 feet tall.
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It has all the makings of a potential rangeland disaster &#151; thousands of acres of green grass, herds of cattle, antelope and other animals that need to eat versus an emerging army of spiky caterpillars with voracious appetites. But ranchers are hopeful their quick action will take care of the caterpillars &#151; also known as range worms &#151; before they can wreak havoc on pastures in northeastern New Mexico.