Yearly Archives: 2005
Memories string together homes
Going through the motions of holiday decorating has felt very much like a grand finale to me as I prepare to pack up the contents of this home.
A life of simple living and giving
(Author's note: The following column was first published the week of Christmas 1994. Now, by tradition, it returns.
Winter supplementation depends on variations in forage quality and growth
Forage can provide most of the nutritional requirements of a beef herd during the fall and winter. The challenge becomes the management of supplement due to variations in forage quality and growth.
Focus on ‘Future Perfect’
No matter where each of us is at the end of 2005, when the clock strikes midnight, we shall have moved into a new year.
A new year to come undone
It's that time again. Time for the annual "How I shall completely revamp my life in the New Year" passel of lies we all pass off as "resolutions.
Stronger standards for particles posed
WASHINGTON - To further improve public health across the country, EPA is proposing revisions to its national air quality standards for fine particle pollution (also called fine particulate matter) and from some coarse particles.
Marking U.S. beef’s return to Japan
DENVER - It has been more than two weeks since U.S. beef returned to Japan after an almost two-year absence, and the U.
Make manure matter
NORCROSS, Ga. - Manure nutrients, while they come in a less than desirable formulation, are valuable to feed crops and build soil organic matter.
Keeping up with dairy genetic change
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Throughout the past 50 years, the U.S. dairy population has been undergoing genetic change.
Against the grain: New take on harvesting
WASHINGTON - A wheat-harvesting system that could save farmers money has been developed by an Agricultural Research Service scientist.
