2007-12-18 When the END Comes: Fighting Exotic Newcastle Disease
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Exotic Newcastle disease is a bird virus found in many parts of…
2007-12-11 Finding Ways to Deal With Harmful Algae
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In the sea, at the base of what scientists call the food…
2007-12-04 Want to Grow a Root? Beets Are Hard to Beat
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beets are a tasty root vegetable that do not require much work…
2007-11-27 Not All Carrots Are Orange
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Carrots are grown on farms and in family gardens throughout the world.…
2007-11-20 Turkey Production Costs Are Up; Not Good News at Thanksgiving
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. This Thursday is Thanksgiving, the most popular holiday for Americans to eat…
2007-11-13 Study Points to Risk in Common Method of Enriching Soil
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For more than half a century, many farmers worldwide have added nitrogen…
2007-11-06 Farming Marginal Lands
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. To call land “marginal” means it is not very good. Farmers have…
2007-10-30 Growing a Big Pumpkin. A Really Big Pumpkin
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Joe Jutras lives in a small state, Rhode Island, but he thinks…
2007-10-16 As Some Animal Diseases Spread, One May Be Near an End
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease and bluetongue disease are all animal viruses that can…
2007-10-09 Coyotes Eyeing the Sheep? Employ a Guard Llama
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. (SOUND) When Americans think of where coyotes live, they probably think of…
2007-10-02 Jatropha Plant Raises Hopes for Fuel and Poor Farmers
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Biodiesel is made from plant oils or animal fats. Producers of this…
2007-09-25 Demand for Goat Meat Grows in US
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American farmers are raising more goats for meat these days. The Department…
2007-09-18 Study Links Virus to Bee Disorder in US, but Questions Remain
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American beekeeping operations have been hit hard by what scientists call colony…
2007-09-11 Strip Cropping as a Way to Increase Cowpea Production
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Nigeria is the world’s largest cowpea producer. Cowpeas are also called black-eyed…