Budget cuts threaten soil and water conservation programs
An Agriculture Department study warns a Gramm Rudman driven sequester could trigger furloughs for thousands of Soil Conservation Service workers and reduce funding for key programs including the Conservation Reserve Program. The analysis projects large layoffs and reduced services across SCS offices, risking wetlands work, mapping, and water quality efforts as Congress and the White House debate a budget plan. Kenneth Cook of CR Economies cautions that incentives and programs may be trimmed first to protect entitlements.
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Gramm-Rudman
Soil Conservation Service
USDA
SCS
Kenneth Cook
Center For Resource Economies
Cook
Tomato harvest starts late in northwest Ohio as migrant workers arrive
Northwest Ohio tomato growers report a three week delay due to cool weather though expected yields should be strong. About 300 growers on 23 000 acres supply major processors Heinz USA Fremont and Campbell Soup Napoleon with an average of 25 to 27 tons per acre this year.
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Fremont
Northwest Ohio
Northwest
Ohio
Heinz USA
Campbell Soup Co
Napoleon
Study links herbicide 2 4 D to cancer risk for farmers
National Cancer Institute research shows eastern Nebraska farmers with 2 4 D exposure 20 days or more yearly have a higher risk of non Hodgkin lymphoma. The findings echo a 1986 Kansas farmer study while homeowners face no reported risk.
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National Cancer Institute
The
Cancer Institute
Nebraska
Shelia Hoar Zahm
Epidemiology
Kansas
Feverfew allergy linked to 2 million Gulf Coast sufferers
St Louis AP reports feverfew or Santa Clara feverfew worsens allergies with no cure and frequent misdiagnosis as ragweed. Dr H James Wedner notes 2 million affected across Gulf states, pollen spreading inland up to 300 miles and origins in Mexico. Treatment may take years.
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ST. Louis
H. James Wedner
Gulf Coast States
August Wins and High School Lamb Selloff
Louis Farkas of LaGrange earned state fair ribbons for animal projects as a Keystone High School freshman. He then sold a 111 pound grand champion market lamb at the Lorain County Fair for a record $13.56 per pound to Edward D Jones and Co in Oberlin. Farkas is pictured with Ohio State University agriculture representative Rich Eaton and Carrie Tompkins, both of LaGrange.
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Louis Farkas
LaGrange
Farkas
Keystone High School
Lorain County
Edward D. Jones and Co
Oberlin
Ohio State University Agriculture
Rich Eaton
Wellington
Carrie Tompkins
Field Flowers in the Farmer's Heart and Garden
The narrator cherishes wild field flowers like sunflowers bindweed morning glory and Queen Annes lace while Paul treats them as weeds. They note autumn blooms such as ironweed goldenrod purple asters and Seath asters, gathered for porch vases from wild fields and raspberry beds.
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Paul
North Central States
Ohio
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Congress
Ronald Overmyer
Sandusky County
Thomas Sachs
Temont
Overmyer
David Rigg
Jeffery Rigg
Camden Rigg
Elyria
Environmental Protection Agency
Hoar Zahm
Richard Stuckey
National Association of Wheat Growers Foundation
Washington, D.C
Stuckey
Garry Hamlin
Don Blanco
Dow- Blanco
Dow Chemical Co
Eli Lilly & Co
U.S. Forest Service
Washington
Oregon
Chemlawn Services Corp
Deb Strohmaier
Strohmaier
EPA
Norma Grier
Northwest Coalition For Alternatives
Eugene
Wash
Santa Clara
Wedner
Journal of
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Lows
Texas
Gulf States
Flor
Ida
Mexico
Asia
Africa
Australia
Jean Chapman
American Academy of Allergy and Immunology
Gary N. Gross
Baylor University
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