June 2004

Group spreads environmental message at Grand Excursion By JEFF DANKERT 6/30/04

Retailers, Consumers Hungry for Organic Beef - Reuters - 6/30/04

U of M leader in organic research By Janet Kubat Willette Agri News 6/30/04

Organic standards remain under fire By Janet Kubat Willette Agri News 6/29/04

Mayor says Preston council violated open meeting law By Britt Johnsen Winona Daily News 6/29/04

Tire plant one step closer By Kirsten Singleton of the Winona Daily News 6/29/04

Tire plant causes ruckus at Preston City Council Associated Press 6/29/04

Bush Environmental Policies Endanger Homeland Security, Report Says; Bush Campaign Photo Ops Attempt to Disguise President's Dirty Record US Newswire 6/28/04

River on the edge BY DENNIS LIEN Pioneer Press 6/27/04

EPA criticized for lax oil-refinery enforcement BY SETH BORENSTEIN Washington Bureau (Subscription) 6/26/04

Rain gardens seen as key to cutting pollution By Stephanie Hemphill, Minnesota Public Radio 6/23/04

Brazil's Spreading Exports Worry Minnesota Farmers By SIMON ROMERO 6/22/04 Reuters (NYTimes Subscription)

Dairy farms see land disappear Kirsti Marohn St. Cloud Times 6/22/04

Wisconsin tries to take lead on organic farming The Associated Press 6/22/04

Rotational grazing offers unexpected benefits By Laura Theobald Agri News staff writer 6/22/04

Wetlands play role in flooding fight DNR officials say marshy areas near Omro work as lifeguard By Ed Culhane Post-Crescent staff writer 6/20/04

Southeast Minnesota news and notes Tillage Day is June 29 in Fillmore County 6/22/04

Conservation that works By Janet Kubat Willette Agri News staff writer 6/22/04

Dakota Indians look for healing By Jeff Dankert Winona Daily News 6/19/04

River Lock Plan Faces Budget Hurdles in Senate USAgNet 6/18/04

GOP legislators want more logging in Nicolet By Anita Weier 6/18/04

Better by Biodiesel? What Could Be More Patriotic Than Burning French Fry Oil in Your Pickup Truck? By ED HUNT TidePool

State hopes Mexico's plans for ethanol plants will help Minnesota farmers Associated Press 6/18/04

42 States, Puerto Rico, Five Tribes Share Record $75.4 Millon in Brownfields Grants US Newswire 6/15/04

Farm Subsidies Are Key as WTO Works on Trade Plan USAgNet - 6/10/04

Veneman Announces Sign-up for CSP Program USAgNet 6/10/04

Ag supporters worried about CREP funding By Lee Bonorden Austin Daily Herald 6/10/04

Agriculture Department starts new farm conservation program WASHINGTON (AP) 6/10/04

USDA Takes First Steps to Rebuild Dialog with the Organic Industry Press Release 6/10/04

Cuba is a potential organic produce provider for the USA: Use of chemical fertilizers reduced by eleven-fold and pesticides by twelve-fold in the period 1989-2003 BY RAISA PAGES -Granma International staff writer 6/10/04

Agency asks citizens to help fight West Nile virus By Scott Russell Southwest Journal 6/10/04

Farm Groups Ask Thompson to Clarify Farm Statement Wisconsin Ag Connection 6/09/04

Researchers Present Climate Change Solutions To G8 And World: Agriculture and Energy: A marriage made in sustainability EWORLDWIRE 6/9/04

Army Corps Navigation Study nears completion By Erin Galbally, Minnesota Public Radio 6/6/04

A growing thirst for groundwater: Where water demand outpaces supply, times warrant a fresh look at a resource considered unfathomable and unending. By Lisa Gaumnitz, Tim Asplund and Megan R. Matthews 6/4/04

Agencies cancel Pool 6 drawdown By Jeff Dankert Winona Daily News 6/3/04

Organic Valley Sponsors 'Swim For Clean Water' Activist Dad to Swim the Length of New York's Hudson River -- 315 Miles! 6/3/04

CSP's author is frustrated Harkin 'USDA is missing the boat' By Jean Caspers-Simmet Agri News 6/1/04

NASS to Release 2002 Census of Ag Data AgWeb 6/1/04