Good morning. Here is IFAS in the News for Tuesday, July 20, 2010
IFAS-Related…
Grasshopper Infestation Gives Local Farmers Anxiety
Finny Pets Are Just the Ticket for Homes and Offices
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/balance/article/1137651
Garden Help: Check Trees in Your Yard to Make Sure They’re Storm-Ready
Garden Q&A: Trumpet Vine Is a Good Choice to Cover a Wall
Garden Q&A: Coriander Is the Seed of the Cilantro Plant
http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/home-and-garden/2010-07-16/story/coriander-seed-cilantro-plant
Minnesota’s Only Bedbug Detecting Dog Goes to Work
http://www.i-newswire.com/minnesota-s-only-bed-bug-detecting/49275
Gardening: High-Tech Ways to Keep Your Lawn Green
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/49923747-80/irrigation-sensor-watering-controller.html.csp
Of Interest…
BP: Oil Seepage “Not a Threat to Capped Well”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/20/bp-oil-spill-seepage-well
Afghanistan Aims for Full Security Handover by 2014
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/20/afghanistan.conference/?hpt=T2#fbid=WR1yBc6BZu4
U.S. Won’t Bow to Chinese Concerns on Yellow Sea Exercises
USDA Employee Resigns Over Statements About White Farmer
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/20/agriculture.employee.naacp/?iref=polticker
Oakland Could Go to Pot in a Big Way With Four Proposed Factory Farms
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-big-pot-20100720,0,3128251.story?track=rss
Germs Eyed to Make Foods Safer
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/61270/title/Germs_eyed_to_make_foods_safer
UF Looks Into Allegation Maurkice Pouncey Accepted Cash
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100720/ARTICLES/7201003/1007/NEWS
Tom Nordlie
Science Communications Coordinator
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Direct Line 352-273-3567
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