New Programmes Focus on Farm Issues
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By LARKIN, Juliet  NEW ZEALAND'S dairy farming research organisation tasked with improving on-farm productivity is implementing five programmes in the coming year after management changes made last year.
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Measures to reduce emissions of methane from gas pipelines and farms are working, research suggests.
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By ERYL CRUMP  WORK to monitor the sea around Wales moves up a gear this summer, as countryside and environment officials try to meet European directives.   The Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and Environment Agency Wales are starting new joint research projects.
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HYDERABAD, India -- India's government launched an ambitious food-for-work program yesterday aimed at moving millions of poor farmers back from the brink of starvation by helping them feed themselves.
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By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 7--The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has singled out two programs in the central San Joaquin Valley for their innovative approaches to farming in a more environmentally friendly way.
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Dozens of schoolchildren went down on the farm yesterday to help launch a new campaign aimed at improving safety in the Northumberland countryside.
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The Agriculture Department plans to put more black farmers on the committees that have oversight in how federal farm subsidies are allocated.
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Editor, New Era:           As persons who are deeply concerned about hunger and poverty in our nation and throughout the world, my wife and I are joining with members of Bread for the World and other organizations in raising questions about the farm bill now being considered by Congress.
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Some small farms, faced with stagnant income and mounting expenses, are opening up their operations to nonagricultural activities just to survive.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 18--A proposed federal farm bill could see some local farmers losing their subsidies and others gaining much needed dollars for research, development and marketing.
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By LARKIN, Juliet  THIS year's campaign to attract people into dairy farming is already showing pleasing results, according to Dairy InSight management.
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By American News, Aberdeen, S.D.  Sep. 10--The federal government has taken a first step toward providing relief for drought-stricken farmers and ranchers -- now it is the time to take its second.
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Media & professional: Â· Shortage of labour threatens crisis for farmsÂ· Squeeze may put more imported fruit on shelves
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Rural scientists have hit the road for a series of seminars on record reproductive performance in dairy cows with information they say could bring each dairy farmer $12,000 more each year.
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Fearful that growing pressure for development could cause the loss of vital plants and animals, biologists and conservationists are trying to rally new interest in protecting tropical forests and the keys they may hold for vital medicines.
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A new satellite data network will give  poorer countries access to essential crop, health, and climate  data in real time and at low cost, helping them forecast and  prevent natural disasters and health crises.
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The Cumbria Farmer Network has taken over the work of the Rural Futures project.   Since the foot-and-mouth epidemic, Rural Futures has helped farmers gain grants to improve their businesses.