August 2004

Southeast Minnesota News and Notes: MDA offers septic system assistance (2nd Note) Hypoxia task force meeting in St. Paul (3rd Note) -Agri News- 8/31/04

Survey: Farmers Want Strict Organic Standards Maintained -PRNewswire- 8/30/04

American Farm Bureau Statement: Cooperative Conservation Supports voluntary conservation 8/29/04

USDA grapples with modern-day equivalent of "40 acres and a mule" By ROXANA HEGEMAN -The Associated Press- 8/28/04

Seed crossings bring back old traits for organic farmers: Today's altered varieties grow poorly in natural soils By Deborah K. Rich -SF Chronicle- 8/28/04

Watershed protection brings IEPA to Quincy By Edward Husar -Herald-Whig Staff Writer- 8/26/04

Pick a little, talk a little By Paul Grawe -Winona Daily News- 8/26/04

Wind energy tour draws 17 people By David Krotz -Winona Daily News- 8/26/04

USDA Announces Selection of First CSP Participants; 209 contracts selected in Wisconsin's Lower Chippewa Watershed -NRCS Announcement- 8/26/04

Kansas farmers accuse USDA of discrimination: Black farmers sue to stop agency from evicting them from their land -AP- 8/26/04

U.S. Report Turns Focus to Greenhouse Gases By ANDREW C. REVKIN -New York Times- 8/26/04

E.P.A. Says Mercury Taints Fish Across U.S. By MICHAEL JANOFSKY -New York Times (Log-on Required)- 8/25/04

Farmer Hopes New Crops Will Spark Local Agriculture -Channel 3000- 8/25/04

Big Business Follows the Green By Jason Mark -AlterNet- 8/24/04

Mississippi mission: Chad Pregracke just wants to see beloved river clean By Michael Martinez -Chicago Tribune (Registration Required) 8/24/04

Nation's largest organic farmer co-op stays local, despite growth By JULIET WILLIAMS -Associated Press- 8/24/04

Green light for factory farms in Minnesota By Jim Riddle -Winona Post- 8/22/04

Cover crops yield bounty of rich, fertile garden soil By Bill Meyer - SF Chronicle - 8/22/04

Cleaner lake can trigger problems Aquatic plant growth — aka algae — is now an issue at Tanners BY HANK SHAW Pioneer Press 8/22/04

USDA Sued Over Secrecy of Organic Agriculture Records - Soapwire - 8/20/04

Federal Cuts Threaten Key Fresh Food Programs By ANGELA ROWEN -Berkeley Daily Planet- 8/20/04

Fischer Boel says "copy Denmark" on GMO crop rules By Jeremy Smith -Reuters- 8/20/04

Conservation Reserve Program was the topic at Bush-National Wild Turkey Federation summit -ABC Newspapers- 8/19/04

Minnesota farmland value is fastest growing -Associated Press- 8/19/04

U.S. scientists and President Bush reach a heated collision By MATT CRENSON - CNews - 8/17/04

Monsanto ripped over wheat experiments By COLIN PERKEL - CNews - 8/17/04

The Reluctant Return of No-Till Farming - Agriculture.About.COM - 8/17/04

Daschle proposes more help for small farmers By Cara Hetland -Minnesota Public Radio- 8/16/04

Has the Missouri Valley school district campus been a dumping ground? By Brad Swenson, Publisher 8/16/04

Demand for bigger lots drives sprawl into coulees By JOAN KENT -La Crosse Tribune- 8/15/04

Sold down the river? A cleaner and more attractive waterway is luring bigger and more visible developments — and greater scrutiny BY DENNIS LIEN - Pioneer Press - 8/15/04

Farmers, Fishermen Fix Marine 'Dead Zones'; Study Shows That Composting Manure Counteracts Environmental Disasters - AScribe - 8/11/04

Funds to Defray Costs of Organic Certification in 15 States - USAgNet - 8/11/04

Column: CSP rules called ‘unduly complicated’ By Forrest Laws - Delta Farm Press - 8/11/04

Rural America hurt by mega-farms By Chuck Hassebrook - Denver Post - 8/11/04

Agriculture Community Explores Waste to Energy - SolarAccess.com - 8/11/04

Cy Carpenter: Bush hasn't kept faith with rural Minnesotans By Cy Carpenter - Star Tribune - 8/10/04

CSP sign-up over, awards out by mid-September By Janet Kubat Willette - Agri News staff writer - 8/9/04

Roelofs to stress water quality in bid for Baxter mayor By MIKE O'ROURKE - Brainerd Dispatch - 8/7/04

Facts about American beaches: Pollution-related closings and advisories at U-S beaches were more numerous than ever in 2003 -AP- 8/7/04

County officials cite problems with MPCA By Laura Adelmann - ThisWeek News - 8/6/04

U.S. pledges $17.3 million to state By Conrad Defiebre - Star Tribune - 8/6/04

Bountiful birds and a renaissance man: Man-made islands show that habitat loss is reversible By Mike Brunker - MSNBC- 8/5/04

Contamination puzzler may be solved By Dan Wascoe - Star Tribune (subscription) - 8/5/04

Develop lakeshore the natural way By Babe Winkelman - The Pilot-Independent - 8/5/04

Underwood ensuring old wells are sealed By Sonja Hegman - Fergus Falls Daily Journal - 8/5/04

BALMM Currents 8/5/04

The Mighty Mississippi: Rediscovering America's River- A river journey, from brook to behemoth - MSNBC - 8/4/04

Tougher laws, fines urged By Kurt Krueger - News-Review Editor - 8/3/04

Watershed gets good look, good review by citizens, congressmen By David Heiller - Argus News Editor - 8/3/04

Muddying the waters By Mark Steil - Minnesota Public Radio - 8/3/04

Trinity County California Board of Supervisors Vote to Ban Genetically Engineered Crops, Animals - AScribe - 8/3/04

WTO Reaches Pact on Farm Subsidies By Elizabeth Becker 8/2/04

Developing nations win WTO battle to halt farm subsidies By ELIZABETH BECKER - THE NEW YORK TIMES - 8/2/04

Kerry-Edwards' New Plan Has Energy-Environment Component 8/2/04