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370 Lakeside Park TrailTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:25PMThe trail in this three-month-old park in St. Peters circles what is on its way to being an outdoor recreation showplace.

Wet weather worries grass seed farmersTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:27AMRain has put harvest behind schedule, may lead to ruined crop

Local family helps honeybees thriveTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:23AMLocal beekeeper Alfred Brigham, 38, is keeping his family tradition alive in order to do the same for the Island’s bee population. Beekeepers in western countries have been reporting the die-off of honeybees for several years. In addition to his hives on his property on Smith Street, he said he helps out the other Islanders [...]

Rain, cool delays grass seed harvestTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:19AMThird-generation grass seed farmer Austin Sayer of Brownsville calls this year’s late, wet harvest “psychological warfare” between man and nature, as mid-valley farmers nervously wait to fire up combines and get the annual harvest in high gear.

Reclaimer variety in good companyTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:14AMTHE top-performing Rhodes grass Reclaimer variety's late-season protein level test has placed it alongside top-quality bisset creeping bluegrass.

Rain Dampens Grass Seed HarvestMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:32PMBy Jeff Skrzypek HARRISBURG, Ore. -- In rural parts of the Willamette Valley, the wet conditions are on the verge of destroying this year's grass seed crop. Normally in mid-July, grass seed fields would be full of combines chopping through the crop. But when you dig in a little, the stalks are soaked and far too wet for harvesting. Each day the piles sit dormant is another day farmers are ...

Biofactors in foods may reduce chronic diseaseMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:29PMMany foods contain biofactors — biologically active compounds — that may prevent and treat illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to new studies published in the July-September 2011 issue of the University of California's California Agriculture journal.

Teens lead grass restoration studyMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:05PMTOPSHAM — On the day after classes ended for the 2010-11 academic year, four local teens spent a day in June knee-deep in river water to initiate a grasses restoration project at the Head of Tide.

Seeding under way on Horseshoe Two burn areaMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:44PMWILLCOX, Ariz. (AP) — Recovery and restoration efforts are under way on the Horseshoe Two burn area in southeastern Arizona. The U.S. Forest Service says crews are dumping grass seed over the burn areas on both sides of the Chiricahua's Onion Saddle area using two fixed-wing aircraft. It's hoped that monsoon rains will spread the seeds, grow grass and stabilize the mountainsides burned by a ...