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Mayor of West, Texas: The face of a ravaged town
WEST, Texas — The two-tone brown Ford F-150 careens into the downtown parking space and out jumps Tommy Muska, a mayor on the move. Wearing a baseball cap, green long-sleeved shirt and bluejeans, his face ruddy from a life under the central Texas...Tags: Insurance, FEMA, Photography and Video, Payne Stewart, Photography Supplies and Services
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Cris Costello: Almost everyone loses if fertilizer deregulation bill passes
For seven legislative sessions in a row, the pest control and fertilizer industries have tried to eliminate Florida's more than 50 local ordinances that put strict controls on lawn fertilizer pollution. In the past six years those industries failed...Tags: Agriculture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Environmental Pollution, Local Government
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Climate change aids toxic algae, group says
The Columbus DispatchSpring rainstorms made more powerful by climate change will wash more fertilizers off farms and grow even bigger toxic-algae blooms in Lake Erie, according to a new report. The National Wildlife Federation's report, which aims to draw attention to...Tags: Chemical Industry, Global Change, Lakes and Ponds, National Weather Service, Ecosystems
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Oxford gets first tractor dealer in decades
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloOne minute Joey Holcomb is talking by phone to a supplier, the next putting farm equipment brochures on a rack, and the next deciding where new equipment should be displayed. "I guess I signed up for this," he jokes. Holcomb is the general manager and...Tags: Farms, Chemical Industry
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Ag department encourages responsible use of fertilizer
The Frederick News-Post, Md.Vince Moore learned to appreciate the soil at an early age from his mother, who always had a garden when they lived in Lincoln apartments in Frederick. When he was old enough to work, Moore increased his tilling knowledge working with Jeannette...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Chemical Industry, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Mobile probe labs to tackle rural crimes in Gujarat
Khaleej TimesWith cases of murder, rape, robberies, assaults and even white-collar crimes on the increase in villages of Gujarat, mobile investigation vans will soon be stationed in all the 226 talukas of the state. The ultra-modern Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL)...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Chemical Industry, United Arab Emirates, Science and Technology, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
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Video tributes give insights into West first responders
Corsicana Daily Sun, TexasPerhaps one of the most inspiring aspects of the firefighters' memorial Thursday in Waco were the video tributes by family and friends of the 12 men killed in the explosion at a fertilizer plant in West on April 17. The videos were filmed by Baylor...Tags: Chemical Industry, Barack Obama, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Rick Perry, Career and Workplace
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Kentucky 41: Improved tall fescue seed said to resist brown patch disease better -- think earlier Kentucky 31
As a young homeowner, now a seasoned homeowner, Kentucky 31 was the go-to tall-turf fescue grass seed to plant. I still believe in its sturdy, strong stands of grass for difficult areas. I've tried all the pricier fine fescues and find few hold up in the...
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ASK THE MAYOR: Is Aberdeen at risk for fertilizer explosion?
Q. Does Aberdeen have any big amounts of fertilizer of the type that blew up in Texas? With our huge agricultural economy it seems that we’d have a lot of that stuff around here. A. Brown County Emergency Management Director Scott Meints reports...Tags: Railway Accidents, Chemical Industry, Petroleum Industry, Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents
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Lab finds way to pave with pig waste
News & Record, Greensboro, N.C.Imagine for a moment you're in the road-building business. Your costs are going up because the price of asphalt -- the gooey substance that holds together crushed rock to make road pavement -- has soared. So now you're looking for an alternative....Tags: Chemical Industry, Petroleum Industry, Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Education
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Plant Doctor: May in the garden
Almanac Average temperatures: High 88, low 66 Rainfall: 3.74 inches The moon 1. Moon phases •Last quarter: May 2 •New moon: May 9 •First quarter: May 18 •Full moon: May 25 •Last quarter: May 31 2. Moon sign...Tags: Potatoes, Lifestyle and Leisure, Salvia, Chemical Industry, Sweet Potatoes
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Damage repair in the early spring lawn
Lehigh Valley Master GardenersBy: Nancy Bosold, Turfgrass Extension Educator AAhh…the long awaited signs of spring: the first bumblebees, those cute purple-flowered weeds popping up, the relentless push of your daffodils, and EEK! Those brown bare spots in the lawn…. You...
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