Stories Tagged "trees"
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Traps aimed at shedding light on forest-damaging bug
posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:11 PM
Triangular, purple kite-like contraptions placed in trees across the country are helping state and federal agriculture officials learn more about a deadly beetle that has killed tens of millions of ash trees in the United States and Canada and...
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O, Tannenbaum! Are You best Natural or Artificial?
posted on December 9, 2011 at 8:23 AM
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- If the holidays are truly a time for peace on earth and goodwill toward all, someone forgot to tell the Christmas tree people.
For these holiday antagonists, there can be no yule truce: It's either a natural tree grown at...
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Paper Industry Tests Genetically Altered Trees
posted on June 11, 2010 at 12:06 PM
TAMPA, Fla (AP) — The commercial paper industry's plans to plant forests of genetically altered eucalyptus trees in seven Southern states have generated more cries from critics worried that such a large introduction of a bioengineered nonnative...
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Va. Christmas Tree Growers See Bargain Hunters
posted on December 11, 2009 at 3:12 PM
RICHMOND, Va (AP) - The list of Christmas essentials still includes a tree, even if many people are hunting for bargains this year.
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O' Christmas Tree
posted on November 30, 2007 at 8:11 PM
Government Pays Peach Producers to Cut Down Trees
posted on December 23, 2005 at 8:12 PM
California farmers grow about 85 percent of the peaches that are canned in the United States annually. But with the market in the pits, the Agriculture Department is offering $7 million to Golden State growers to cut down their trees.
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New Forest Management Rules Unveiled
posted on December 24, 2004 at 8:12 PM
Managers of the nation's 155 national forests will have more leeway to approve logging and other commercial projects with less formal environmental review under a new Bush administration plan.
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Growth In Dwarf Apple Trees
posted on November 7, 2003 at 8:11 PM
Short and sweet in the apple industry.
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Country Air Not Good For Trees
posted on July 11, 2003 at 8:07 PM
That breath of fresh air in the country may not be so fresh..
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Chain Stores Sell More Christmas Trees
posted on December 20, 2002 at 8:12 PM
Where do you buy your Christmas tree?
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Willows for Biomass
posted on October 25, 2002 at 8:10 PM
And you say these willows will do what now?
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Skinny Peach Trees
posted on December 7, 2001 at 8:12 PM
USDA horticulturists have developed two new varieties of peach trees. Both grow sweet and delicious fruit while taking up less space.
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Paw Paw
posted on May 11, 2001 at 8:05 PM
Researchers at Kentucky State University are looking into the native paw paw tree as a replacement crop for tobacco farmers.
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Yew needles find partner in fighting cancer
posted on March 31, 2000 at 8:03 PM
A NUTTY ANSWER TO FIGHTING CANCER..
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