Willow Growing News
-
Learn Alley Cropping, Silvopasture & More Sunday in Aitkin
Greater Mille Lacs Chapter is hosting a demonstration of alley cropping – planting rows of trees at wide spacings with a companion crop grown in the alleyways between the rows – from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sun., Sept. 9, at Christian and Jessy McShane’s Sleepy Willow Farm, 40730 Nature Ave, Aitkin. Farmer and SFA Board President Jim Chamberlin will give a presentation on alley ...
-
Genesys weekender
Some of the Genesys team and their partners enjoyed a fabulous weekend away this April in Porto, Portugal. Porto is famous for its port wine, bridges and churches and for inspiring JK Rowling to write her Harry Potter books. Our group of 26 spotted a group of students dressed like Hogwarts pupils and wondered at the Hogwarts-like floating staircase in the Lello & Irmão bookstore ...
-
Glenn County Soil Partnership Honored with Excellence in Innovation Award
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and California Association of Resource Conservation Districts recognized the outstanding achievements of the Glenn County Soil Partnership at an awards last week at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, Calif. The Partnership — including the Glenn County Resource Conservation District, Glenn County University of California ...
-
USDA announces availability of BCAP funding for farmers, foresters and ranchers
On May 23, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) had resumed incentives for farmers and foresters producing biomass for renewable energy and biobased products. BCAP has $3 million in available funding for fiscal year (FY) 2016. The program was reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, and supports growers ...
-
WBA welcomes new members in April 2015
Probstdorfer Saatzucht is a leading company in plant breeding and seed production in Austria. They are also breeding new varieties for poplars and willows as energycrops and are also specialised in planting these crops in central Europe. Nahwärme Holding Is a company specialized in the planning, construction of small and medium sized biomass district heating plants in different provinces of ...
-
The effects of agricultural land use change on farmland birds in Sweden
The effects of changing agricultural practices on farmland birds are explored in a recently published study from Sweden. Overall abundance of 16 common species declined by 23% between 1994 and 2004, which may be partly caused by changes in land use, such as an increase in the amount of wheat cropland. However, effects vary between species, and some species increased or stayed stable in number. ...
-
Syngenta to acquire Lantmännen’s winter wheat and winter oilseed rape businesses in Germany and Poland
Syngenta announced today an agreement to acquire the German and Polish winter wheat and winter oilseed rape (WOSR) breeding and business operations of Lantmännen, the Swedish food, energy and agriculture group. Syngenta will gain access to high-quality germplasm, a seeds pipeline and commercial varieties which complement the company's portfolio in two of Europe's most important crops. ...
By Syngenta
-
War on willows
Willows are major environmental weeds of riverbank habitats across much of south-eastern Australia. They obstruct water flow, increase water temperature, change water chemistry and can displace native riverine plant species. A CSIRO project looking at the reproductive ecology and dispersal ability of the most aggressive invasive species of willows in Australia is providing urgently needed ...
-
CSX, city year and Worcester tree initiative volunteers to plant 100 trees in park decimated by Beetles
Volunteers from CSX (NYSE: CSX), City Year and the Worcester Tree Initiative will plant 100 trees from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on June 11 at Dodge Park on Randolph Road, a site hit particularly hard by the Asian Longhorned Beetle. The event marks the third time the "Trees for Tracks" program, the railway's commitment to plant 21,000 trees, or one for every mile of track in its system, has come ...
-
Americans say trees are important, but Where`s the Love? STRATHAM, N.H.
There's no doubt about it, trees are getting the short end of the stick, especially when it comes to celebrating the holiday named in their honor. According to the 2011 Timberland Arbor Day Survey, only 12 percent of respondents celebrate trees' national holiday -- although, 98 percent agree trees and tree planting are important. "If trees could talk, they'd be a bit sad about the lack of ...
-
Reinforcement of soil by plant roots
Landslides have devastating impacts across the globe resulting in the loss of life and the destruction of billions of dollars in infrastructure. Soil erosion from wind and water threatens food production, pollutes the environment, and can make living in major cities such as Beijing almost unbearable during dust storms. Just like the great dust bowl of the 1930s, many instances of soil erosion and ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you