Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators are seeking the public’s help in surveying for once-common ladybug species that are now hard to find.
Researchers with ARS, Cornell University at Ithaca, N.Y., and South Dakota State University (SDSU) in Brookings want people to photograph every ladybug possible, and to send the photos to Cornell so researchers [...]
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An Egyptian donkey has been jailed for stealing corn on the cob from a field belonging to an agricultural research institute in the Nile Delta, local media reported on Thursday.
The ass and its owner were apprehended at a police checkpoint that had been set up after the institute’s director complained that someone was stealing his [...]
Agriculture officials said late Tuesday they’ve found about 4,000 dead cows in portions of two Southeast Texas counties searched in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.
Some cows left stranded or that perished might never be found, though. “They’re being eaten by alligators,” said Kathleen Phillips, spokeswoman for the Texas AgriLife Extension Service.
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Grief counselors are on hand for students dealing with the death of an agricultural teacher who was attacked and killed by an aggressive bull at the Tulare school district’s farm over the weekend.
School officials say 61-year-old Max Corbett died Sunday when the bull charged him while he was herding milk cows. His wife witnessed the [...]
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