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Drill Defined

(crop science) A farm implement for planting seeds which forms a small furrow, deposits the seed in dribbles, covers the seed, and packs soil over it. It can also deposit fertilizer, lime, or other amendments into the soil, alone or with the seed.

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Soldiers with local ties receive recognition, visit D-Day battlefield

Published July 4, 2009, 9:16 am, The Shelby Star

Army Pvt. Sean E. Frazer has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training consists of Ba-sic Infantry Training and Advanced Individual Training.During the nine weeks of basic combat training, the

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RSA shuts down Lydia Water System

Published July 2, 2009, 9:26 am, The Greene County Record

Contamination cited, households issued $7,000 checks to build wells

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Hunterdon County farming kids invited to learn to work safe: Gruesome mishaps of youth recalled

Published July 1, 2009, 3:10 pm, Hunterdon County Democrat

Charlie Fisher says his first "real serious" farm accident happened when he was about 12. He was driving a bulldozer, pushing manure out of a barn on his family's Delaware Township dairy farm. "I was coasting to save time shifting,...

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Questions And Answers - 30 June 2009

Published June 30, 2009, 3:27 pm, Scoop.co.nz

1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions—2020 Target; 2. Job Summit—Prime Minister’s Statement; 3. Jobs—Initiatives Compared with Other Countries; 4. Children, Abused—Prime Minister’s Statement; 5. Health—Increasing Cooperation Between Private and Public ...

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SLO County in third straight year of drought after a skimpy rainy season

Published June 30, 2009, 6:53 am, The Cambrian

Today San Luis Obispo County finishes its third straight year of drought. The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant area, for example, received 9.07 inches of rain for the 2008-09 water year, according to the meteorological station. Normally, the plant receives 24 inches, said John Lindsey, a meteorologist with Pacific Gas and Electric Co., which operates the plant.

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SLO County in third straight year of drought after a skimpy rainy season

Published June 29, 2009, 11:23 pm, The San Luis Obispo Tribune

Today San Luis Obispo County finishes its third straight year of drought. The Diablo Canyon nuclear

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Farm runoff blamed for town's contaminated water

Published June 29, 2009, 12:34 pm, Minnesota Public Radio

The water supply in the city of Park Rapids is contaminated with nitrates, and many suspect the source is the fertilizer used on local farm fields.

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Chinese wheat bounces back from drought

Published June 29, 2009, 10:17 am, UPI

BEIJING, June 29 (UPI) -- China's wheat harvest is set to grow for the sixth year in a row despite an earlier drought and recent torrential rains, the Ministry of Agriculture said.

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Special Reports

Published June 29, 2009, 7:42 am, Farmers Weekly Interactive

At long last we're reaching the end of a very difficult year for agronomists.

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Syngenta CEO promotes stronger Swiss-US ties

Published June 29, 2009, 1:43 am, Swissinfo

Michael Mack, the new president of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, says Europe's resistance to genetically modified crops (GM) will not help a hungry planet.

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