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Choose durable plants for containers
Q. We have three beautiful cement pots that we have tried to use to beautify our front walk, but none of the plants we add seem to flourish. What should we plant and what care is needed? A. Sounds like you need a durable half-dozen or so plants to...Tags: Chemical Industry, Tomatoes, Bok Choy
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Train, tanker collision closes Swift County highway, school
Star TribuneA freight train hauling North Dakota crude oil and a tanker truck carrying hazardous material collided Tuesday morning in west-central Minnesota, causing the tanker to leak, forcing a nearby school to evacuate, closing a major highway and leaving five...Tags: Railway Accidents, Chemical Industry, Transportation Accidents
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Ammonium nitrate was cause of Texas explosion, state agency says
ReutersSAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 7 (Reuters) - Investigators have determined that ammonium nitrate was the cause of the explosion at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant last month that left 14 people dead and some 200 injured, a spokeswoman for the Texas state fire...Tags: Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Chemical Industry, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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CORRECTED-Ammonium nitrate was cause of Texas explosion, state agency says
Reuters(Corrects day that spokeswoman made comments from Tuesday to Monday) SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 7 (Reuters) - Investigators have determined that ammonium nitrate was the cause of the explosion at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant last month that left 14...Tags: Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Chemical Industry, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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Brazil soy farmers, traders see smaller profits as prices drop
Reuters* Rondonpolis soy $3.44/bu under Chicago, was 37 cents under * Logistic bottlenecks, big crop to blame for drop in prices By Reese Ewing SAO PAULO, May 6 (Reuters) - While Brazil is marketing its largest ever soybean crop, many producers and traders...Tags: Chemical Industry, Brazil
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Texas plant that exploded had $1 million in liability insurance
The fertilizer plant that exploded last month in West, Texas, holds just $1 million in liability insurance, a negligible amount compared to the estimated cost of the damage caused by the blast, lawyers said. John McCoy, one of the attorneys representing...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Chemical Industry, Lawyers, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013)
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Mild winters uncover peach-tree variations
Q. Three peach trees in my yard are all showing various stages of growth, from flowering to just a few leaves. One also has a shoot coming from near the soil. Why such a difference? A. Most likely the peach trees are different varieties and each has a...Tags: Chemical Industry, Tomatoes
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Aberdeen student reaching out to Texas town in turmoil
Cordell Vitense, 8, wants to help the school in West, Texas, and is calling on his fellow second-graders to donate their spare change. So far, Cordell has $2 from his dad, Dave, but he hopes to raise more money for West, where a fertilizer plant...Tags: National Football League, Chemical Industry, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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Stormwater problem is real
Many thanks go to Alison Prost of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for her explanation of the stormwater fee ("Beyond 'rain tax' rhetoric," May 1). I would like to add a little historical background. When Europeans first visited the Chesapeake Bay, it...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Bridging the gap with cool season annual forages
BROOKINGS - Two questions plague livestock producers when it comes to 2013 feed supplies due to the drought conditions, says Warren Rusche, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist. "In spite of the amount of moisture we've received because of the...Tags: Chemical Industry
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Producers can save money, reduce environmental impact
Proper nutrient management and application methods can save agricultural producers money on commercial fertilizer and greatly reduce their environmental impact, a North Dakota State University Extension Service specialist says. Using those methods is...Tags: Chemical Industry, Marine Science, Wildlife
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CF Industries buys last Canadian nitrogen fertilizer plant
ReuterrsFertilizer manufacturer CF Industries has closed its purchase of the remaining interest in the Canadian Fertilizers Limited nitrogen plant for C$910 million ($901 million). CF received a Canadian regulator's approval to buy the 34 percent stake it didn't...Tags: Chemical Industry
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