2009-05-26 The Seeds of Weed Control
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. When is a plant considered a weed? Experts at Penn State University have a simple answer: When its undesirable qualities outweigh its…
2009-05-19 Grow It Yourself: Strawberries
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. One of the sweetest gifts of nature is a red, ripe strawberry. There are three basic kinds of strawberries: June bearing, ever…
2009-05-12 Letting a Robot Milk Your Cow
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Technology is making life easier for some dairy farmers. They use robotic systems to milk their cows. These systems are designed to…
2009-05-05 Cow Genome Could Improve Milk, Beef Production
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Dominette, a Hereford cow whose genetic material was used in the study Researchers from twenty-five countries have made a genetic map of…
2009-04-28 Let Us Plant Lettuce…
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Even in ancient times, people liked to eat lettuce. Egyptians and Romans served the green, leafy vegetable at the end of dinner.…
2009-04-21 Growing Chili Peppers: A Heated Subject
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Chili peppers Some people who like to eat very hot chili peppers say that they can help you breathe better if you…
2009-04-14 Students Learn About Sustainable Agriculture
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Agroecology students at Goshen College in Wolf Lake, Indiana Many colleges and universities in the United States provide education in agriculture. But…
2009-04-07 Growing Ginseng in the US
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We have a question from Malaysia — really, two questions. How is ginseng grown and harvested in the United States? And is…
2009-03-31 A Vegetable Garden Grows at the White House
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Earlier this month, Michelle Obama and twenty-three schoolchildren helped prepare the ground for an organic vegetable garden on the South Lawn of…
2009-03-24 Working Magic in the Garden With Beans
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beans are a popular choice for home gardens. Specialists at the University of Illinois Extension say bush beans need the least work.…
2009-03-17 Do-It-Yourself: Growing Tomatoes
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we talk about tomatoes. Tomatoes are generally easy to grow. Experts at the University of Illinois Extension suggest you start seeds…
2009-03-10 Do-It-Yourself: Growing Potatoes
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. True or false? Potatoes are root vegetables. False. Potatoes are underground stems called tubers. Most kinds of potatoes can be planted during…
2009-03-03 Putting Your Head to Growing Cabbage
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We have talked about growing carrots and beets. This week, we move from root vegetables to a leafy vegetable. Cabbage is related…
2009-02-24 Not All Carrots Are Orange
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We talked last week about growing beets. Today we have advice about growing another root vegetable, carrots. Carrots are easy to raise…
2009-02-17 Want to Grow a Root? Beets Are Hard to Beat
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beets soaking in water Beets are a tasty root vegetable that do not require much work to grow. People might think beets…