Brisk sales expected at SunwayMas project Nov 14, 2009
A low-density development with only five units per acre, Sunway Rydgeway will have a gross development value (GDV) of RM180mil when completed in 2011. Since the soft launch, the value of the homes had appreciated by 15% to 20%, said Khoo. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Conservationist tours beef farm Nov 13, 2009
Boozer, who grew up on a ranch in Texas, was an enthusiastic participant of the tour of the 1,200 acre farm by horseback. Boozer remarked: A professionally run operation, Kinderhook Farm has utilized available technical assistance to maximize their grazing operation, rotating beef cattle and sheep. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: Trucks, trains and the rain forest trees Nov 13, 2009
Seeking to help fight climate change, the Walt Disney Co. says it will spend $7 million in partnership with three conservation groups to protect tens of thousands of acres of forest lands in the Congo basin, the Amazon basin and in two regions of the United States ... Sergio Pimentel, 48, explained to me that he used to farm about five acres of land for subsistence, but now is using only about one acre to support his family of six. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Meda on returns from swiftlet farming Nov 13, 2009
Each unit is a three-storey swiftlet house built on a one-acre land with built-up area of 22 ft by 72 ft. ... You can do swiftlet cultivation on one acre of land and the yield way surpasses what you can do with one other long-standing industries, he said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Storm Exploration Inc. Is Pleased to Announce Its Financial and Operating Results for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 Nov 13, 2009
The 2008 year-end reserve evaluation completed by Paddock Lindstrom & Associates Ltd. assigned proven and probable reserves to 11 net sections (7,040 acres) based on 13 successful vertical Montney gas wells ... Storm's undeveloped land position in the HRB is prospective for Devonian shale gas and currently totals 66 gross sections at a 40% working interest (16,900 net acres) acquired at an average cost of $400 per acre. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Stuck in neutral? Hardly! Nov 12, 2009
Would you like to pay $200,00 k PLUS cash for a 1/4 acre "homesite" adjacent to the Woodbridge sewage treatment plant. There are plenty waiting to be scooped up at these low low price. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Kenya's Forest Settlers Move Out Ahead of Govt Forces Nov 12, 2009
He showed a number of land allocation cards from the government indicating that the owners had been given five acres each within the Ndoinet Settlement Scheme ... Ms Sabina Boses, a mother of six, said the five acres she lived on was her family's only possession ... "Even if we are given half an acre, it will be enough place to put my head," she said. (allAfrica.com)
Power restored in Brazil Nov 12, 2009
The states of Sao Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo went totally dark, while Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Goias, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Parana, Acre, Rondonia, Bahia, Sergipe, Paraiba, Alagoas, Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte were partially affected. The Federal District in which Brasilia, the nation's capital, is located also had outages. (CNN)
Scipio Center home to be featured on TV's Today show Nov 12, 2009
1 acre property that was his pride and joy for 23 years and has proven difficult to sell, even though it is priced at about a third of its value. I'm pretty proud of the house and I want someone to buy it, Arena, 74, said, someone who will love it. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Rain causing a crisis for area farmers Nov 11, 2009
You've got to figure that farmers will lose from 75 to 100 per acre on corn because of drying costs, and about 45 to 50 per acre on soybeans because of wet crop discount. Some of those reduced revenues will be offset by higher yields, but that can vary from field to field, he added. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Hunkering Down For The Duration? Nov 11, 2009
In its American incarnation, the base has significantly expanded from its old Soviet days and, in just the last two years, the population of the more than 5,000 acre compound has doubled to 20,000 troops, in addition to thousands of coalition forces and civilian contractors. To keep up with its exponential growth rate, more than $200 million in construction projects are planned or in-progress at this moment on just the Air Force section of the base. (CBS News)
Sustainable Salads Nov 11, 2009
Bananas consume the most by a very large margin, requiring a whopping 427 pounds of nitrogen, phosphate, and potash fertilizer per acre of cultivation ... Peas and beans require just 35 pounds per acre, in part because they have capacity to absorb nitrogen from the air ... 2 pounds of chemicals dumped on every acre of treated land. (Slate)
Uganda: Bio-Diesel Processor Sets U.S.$2 Million Aside to Buy From Outgrowers Nov 11, 2009
"We are currently looking for outgrowers to supplement the seeds coming from our 2000 acre farm located in Karamoja in the north east of the country," Ms. Deborah Mawanda, the spokesperson of Cenergy Globe, the firm contracted to mobilise the outgrowers said ... "This is a good opportunity for anybody who has land that is presently unutilised because it can be planted with a crop which doesn't need much attention and a farmer who plants candlenut or jatropha earns $200 per year per acre in... (allAfrica.com)
ARLINGTON CEMETERY: Alive with history in new book Nov 11, 2009
It has been called the "saddest acre in America." The graves here in Section 60 at are fresh, many decorated with autumnal mums and pumpkins ... $28), published in time for Veterans Day, Poole spent the past few years wandering Arlington's 624 acres, from Section 60's new graves in the cemetery's flat and remote south end, to the first military grave (year: 1864), perched on a hillside to the far north ... Poole knows he is treading on sacred ground, and he pays proper respect as he tours the... (USA Today)
Monsanto Faces `Distrust' as New Seeds Seek to Blunt DuPont's Sales Gains Nov 11, 2009
5 million acres in their first year on the market and will be on as many as 10 million acres in 2010, a 2 million acre increase from previous plans, Monsanto said. They cost growers $74 an acre, 42 percent more than the earlier product ... Thats mostly because the Environmental Protection Agency ruled farmers can plant 95 percent of their acres with SmartStax, compared with 80 percent for earlier varieties. (Bloomberg)
Calif. governor pushes $11B water bond plan, dams Nov 10, 2009
3 million acre feet of water, which local officials and farmers say is crucial to satisfy agriculture and a growing population. A three-year drought, coupled with environmental restrictions on the amount of water that can be pumped south from the delta, have given new urgency to the debate as farmers have had to idle hundreds of thousands of acres of croplands and lay off tens of thousands of farmworkers. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Two-row malt barley varieties gain acceptance by brewers (16) Nov 10, 2009
Speaking about barley, Blake said new two-row malting barley varieties are gaining acceptance by the brewing companies who have seen acres lost to other crops in the eastern regions of North Dakota and in Minnesota. Brewers are going more toward contracting less acres, he said ... It will probably yield 20 to 30 bushel per acre, he said. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Maroga report a fascinating read on race politics Nov 10, 2009
There was a time when upwardly mobile householders sought homes in posh suburbs, like Houghton, on an acre of land, maintained by a full-time gardener. By the 1960s, they started switching their focus to quarter-acre stands in newly trendy areas, like Parkhurst, as the maintenance benefits outweighed the loss of park-like gardens. (Business Report, South Africa)
Gerrish: Pasture 43,560 Square Feet of Solar Panel’ Per Acre (14) Nov 9, 2009
Gerrish: Pasture 43,560 Square Feet of Solar Panel Per Acre Agri-View: Crop News ... Gerrish: Pasture 43,560 Square Feet of Solar Panel Per Acre ... Farming is really the business of capturing solar energy and turning it into a salable product, says Gerrish, who notes that when a producer buys an acre of land, he s buying 43,560 square feet of solar panel. (Agri-View, WI)
Plan now for spring fertilizer application (2) Nov 8, 2009
He starts by working with each grower to determine how many acres of what crops will be grown in which fields ... We've seen 6 to 10 bushels per acre yield improvements, particularly on heavy soils where minimum tillage systems such as no-till and strip till where the nutrients are placed in the row before planting, said Dr. Jeff Strock, soil scientist with the University of Minnesota's Southwest Research and Outreach Center. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Green Burials . . . Nov 7, 2009
A typical cemetery has rather tight plots, over 1,000 plots per acre are common. In a nature preserve cemetery density varies from 100 to 200 per acre ... The information we obtained about "green burials" said there is no law that requires a vault to be used, but many cemeteries require them to reduce settling, decrease maintenance and to allow for more gravesites per acre. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
IN ARKANSAS, HARVEST IS 24/7 AFFAIR Nov 6, 2009
Cotton growers have seen hard-locked bolls, sprouts in the bolls, boll rot, discoloration and other conditions that, in some cases, have nearly halved their yields to 700 or 800 pounds of lint per acre ... One Prairie County grower alone lost 3,000 acres of soybeans, said Brent Griffin, Prairie County extension staff chair for the U of A Division of Agriculture, adding that the grower was able to salvage his rice. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Obits: Miles, Bender, Eye, Elsen, Stevens Nov 5, 2009
5 acre truck garden and delivered vegetables to Britton residents. After graduating Jim worked at Delbert Printup's service station until 1937. (Marshall County Journal, SD)
More of this story Nov 4, 2009
Norton said that some cotton fields which normally produce 1,200 to 1,500 pounds per acre are yielding only 500 to 800 pounds this year ... He said that there is a little bit of corn still in the fields, "but it is not in good shape." Corn yields, Norton said, were down about 15 to 20 bushels per acre from last year ... Norton said that most of the rice crop was fair to OK, noting that one verification field cut 201 bushels per acre. (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)
ArcelorMittal seeks new sites in India after land delays Nov 4, 2009
The company has applied for acquisition of 11,000 acre land for the project ... So far, the steel major has failed to acquire even an inch of the 10,000-acre land required for the project due to protests launched by anti-displacement organizations. (India Times)
Strawberries to be late by a month Nov 3, 2009
Only 75% planting has been completed till now of the more than 2,000 acre area under this fruit in the taluka, said Krishna Bhilare, vice-president of the All India Strawberry Growers Association ... The average earning per acre of strawberries is about Rs 80,000 to Rs 100,000. (India Times)
Program helps farmers who help the environment Nov 2, 2009
9 million acres, far more than the 12. 9 million acres the USDA can accept under the 2008 farm bill ... The agriculture department doesn't have a breakdown yet of the types of farms that make up the total, and officials are unsure of the exact acreages included in many contracts. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Mulphas countryside homes show the way to holistic living Nov 2, 2009
Pinggiran Bayou Village Homes is an exclusive enclave of 122 two-storey homes that are part of the companys 1,765-acre Leisure Farm Resort located in Gelang Patah, Johor and next to the Second Link Expressway to Singapore ... The low density of 10 to 12 units per acre also lines a waterway and fronts an expansive Canal Park. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Egypt: A Big Catch Feeds Millions Nov 2, 2009
It hopes to increase average annual production of freshwater fish farms to 5 tons per acre, up from an average of 1-3 tons per acre. The agency is also issuing trying to promote mariculture, which currently contributes 5 percent of total fish production. (allAfrica.com)
Don’t Leave Soybean Yield Behind at Harvest (2) Nov 1, 2009
In a study conducted at Penn State University, a yield loss of 20 bushels per acre occurred when harvest was delayed three weeks ... (Remember that you are losing a bushel per acre for every four beans per square foot you find on the ground. (Agri-View, WI)
A problem for peanuts Oct 31, 2009
Peanuts are a big commodity in Burke County, where farmers such as Mr. Mobley and his father, Cleve Mobley, routinely plant about 1,600 acres of the important crop ... The cost to produce peanuts this year is ranging from $400 to $600 per acre, he said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Settlement reached on Edgewood Plaza lawsuit Oct 30, 2009
25 acre) park and preserves two original Eichler retail buildings and a grocery store building ... 78 residences per acre ... " So the people who bought those Eichlers... Yes the Eichlers, the cheap blue-collar housing of it's time... So those people can justify spending 7 figures on them. Without the false sense that Eichlers are in some way special, they might have to accept the fact that the blue-collar standard of living in the 50's now is only available to the richest 1% of the population.... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
First Keokuk Executive Field Day brings business, farm communities together Oct 30, 2009
Last year, 73,000 acres of corn and 64,500 acres of soybeans were planted in Lee County ... Lindner said that this years corn yield is very good, despite the weather: an average of 230 bushels per acre, dry yield ... Some areas of the fields harvested on Field Day were producing as much as 300 bushels per acre. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Harvest season slow this year Oct 30, 2009
United Feeds General Manager Randy Bleich said he was hearing reports of farms getting 150 to 200 bushels per acre and that numbers were looking between average and good for the year. He said farmers always have to adapt to different circumstances each year. (Pittsfield Pike Press, IL)
Village Green Panel Makes Final Report Oct 30, 2009
The Village Green comprises about 13 acres of land ... 5 acres, and the Given Memorial Library takes up another acre ... 3 acres of unoccupied space, which includes 1,080 trees, which is the focus of discussion. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Analysis: SABMiller gives new meaning to home-brewing in Africa Oct 30, 2009
In Uganda, where the group has 8 000 farmers supplying sorghum, the average size of the farms is less than an acre. This means that that the major challenge is organising the farmers. (Business Report, South Africa)
City sends water truck to douse dust at DeBenedetti Park (1083) Oct 29, 2009
The city did respond to the multiple complaints by sending out a water truck in the afternoon to wet down the 13 acres next to the school's property line, said Steve Dutra, Lodi parks superintendent ... The city then has plans to plant grass for 15 acres of sports turf in the summer of 2010 with the fields being ready for play by spring 2011 ... edumacation wrote on Oct 28, 2009 11:29 PM:" Rhodie--good thoughts! In addition--we should study whether the rtesidential housing developers should pay... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Abengoa Solar plans California plant Oct 27, 2009
Abengoa s project will be on 1,765 acres of private land that was farmed for years, starting in the 1920s, but currently is largely fallow and left alone. The solar power plant is expected to use significantly less water per acre than the farm did, according to Abengoa. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Market Forecaster Oct 27, 2009
648 million hectares (56 million acres) ... 8 million acres) for the coming harvest, up from 21 ... Only 128,620 farms enrolled in the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program out of a total of 1. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Bloomington's west-side improvement plans progressing Oct 26, 2009
"That plot of land may only be one-third of an acre, but because of it we have been able to show there is value in this plan and that in turn has helped us grow enough to get an office and an executive director," Paul said. Brad Butzirus, a west-side landlord, is helping the steering committee find office space. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Locals weigh in on greenbelt (239) Oct 26, 2009
That was the cluster zoning, one parcel per five acres ... Absent that, the compromise is to allow farmers one parcel per five acres ... If they can't get a cohesive chunk of land, 100 or 120 acres. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Book Marks Anniversary of Garden's Climatron Oct 24, 2009
The Climatron rises 70 feet in the center with no interior support, allowing generous light and space for the 24,000 square feet (more than half an acre) of tropical rain forest plants within - an increasing number of which are endangered in the wild. The experience of setting foot in the conservatory is one of "immersion, sensory abandon, submission to an almost primeval overload of plants, smells, and humidity . . . a fantasy of what nature might have once been, a sensual engulfment . . . ,"... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
$10.9 million Arcadia farmhouse for sale Oct 24, 2009
When it was finished in December 1971, the Lo Piccolos called the home Nordon Manor, a nearly 5-acre spread that also included a gatehouse, an icehouse and an underground garage ... That is if the couple can find a buyer who treasures it, not just someone looking for a teardown house with some acreage ... "It's going to take someone like my wife and myself that specifically like that type of architecture," said Lo Piccolo, who paid $75,000 for his 5-acre property in the late 1960s. (AZCentral -- Home)
Cotton gin operators squeezed by prices, weather Oct 24, 2009
2 million acres were planted in 2006, cotton acreage has declined steadily to 500,000 acres this year _ a drop of 57 percent ... This year's 30 percent loss translates to 3/4 of a bushel left on the ground for every acre planted ... But if corn and soybean prices don't improve, Barber said Arkansas cotton acreage could increase a little next year. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Getting creative Oct 24, 2009
Creation Gardens husband-and-wife owners Ron Turnier and Mollie Turnier have purchase agreements to buy three parcels totaling about an acre and a half a 0. 7 acre parcel from Service Welding, the property at 725 E. Market St., and a parking lot in between the funeral home and the Service Welding property. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Market Forecaster Soybeans closed the week 13.5 cents higher Oct 23, 2009
We are hearing a lot of harvest reports from the southern United States where yields are excellent with most fields between 65 bushels per acre and 75 bushels per acre. Yields are also excellent in the eastern Corn Belt with yields in Indiana and Illinois between 55 bushels per acre and 75 bushels per acre ... Yields in the western Corn Belt are also very good, but more variable at 45 bushels per acre to 65 bushels per acre. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Corn & Soybean Trade Higher Oct 23, 2009
5 bushels per acre greater than the USDA 42. 4 number last week. (Agri-View, WI)
'It probably would have broken all records' Oct 22, 2009
This crop probably would have broken all records for pounds of sugar per acre, Reed said this week ... He is president of the Big Horn Basin Beet Growers Association, which has 70 grower-members working about 17,600 acres ... These include the uncertainty of future fall weather, sugar content of the beets (this will decrease since the beets in the ground are attempting to grow new tops, and that will draw from the sugar that was stored in each beet), and the yield per acre. (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Kenyan Farmers in a Dilemma After Retailers Run Out of Maize Seed Oct 22, 2009
He said the ministry had been distributing the seeds in public barazas and open days in many parts of the country to farmers who own less than one acre. "Nation can join us on Wednesday and Thursday when the minister for Agriculture, Mr William Ruto, and the deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta tour Kiambu, Thika, Murang'a and Nyeri to distribute some maize seeds," he said on Monday. (allAfrica.com)
Holbrook Farm opened at end of driveway Oct 22, 2009
Billings s garden is about 400 to 500 square feet, and his pumpkin patch, where he has planted pumpkins for several years for his daughters and friends, is about a quarter of an acre. It was something to do, Billings said of his farm stand. (Holbrook Sun, MA)
Volkswagen's Big Russian Dreams Oct 22, 2009
By next year, 3,000 workers are expected to be employed at the 400 hectare (988 acre) plant and future expansion hasn't been ruled out. Workers at the plant will mostly produce vehicles from the company's VW and Skoda lines and Volkswagen is hoping to use the factory as a beachhead from which it can finally conquer the Russian market. (BusinessWeek)
Palm Springs Vacation Oct 22, 2009
Today, the Agua Caliente Band is the largest landowners in the city with nearly 6,700 acres within the city limits. Sonny Bono of the singing duo Sonny & Cher was Mayor of Palm Springs for many years. (Suite101.com)
Walk-Through: 1190 E. Napa St., Sonoma Oct 21, 2009
Lot is just under an acre. Built: Store built in 1914; cottages built in 1930s. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Loss of UC program hurts crop research Oct 21, 2009
Over the last decade, California farmers -- including those in the Valley -- have quietly and some would say secretively grown the blueberry industry from fewer than 200 acres to about 5,000 today ... Hundreds of acres of crops grow in a circular patches on Diener's land ... Uncertainty looms for west-side farmers who were forced to fallow thousands of acres in the wake of a third dry year and a dismal water allocation. (Fresno Bee)
Airport community rejects composting plan Oct 20, 2009
But the airport community has lashed out against the proposed location for the new operation: a four-acre parcel in the southeast portion of the airport, next to the water-treatment plant ... What would be wrong about "undedicating" the 4 acres from Byxbee Park and just building the state of the art composting facility there ... I'm personally sick and tired of all the worshiping of sacred cows that goes on around here. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Minnetrista's farm-heavy history Oct 20, 2009
The 80 acres there were bought in 1891 ... Case in point: A housing development is planned for a 488 acre parcel, that includes farmland, next to Kings Point Road. (Minnetonka Lakeshore Weekly News, MN)
America's coolest small towns Oct 20, 2009
She picked up the converted 1860s French Creole-style house and opened Maison Des Amis, a B&B with a half acre of landscaped gardens and a gazebo looking out on the bayou in the back (111 Washington St., , from $100). "Locals in Breaux Bridge are just friendly and generous," she says. (CNN)
Lund starting to pack away equipment for the winter (3) Oct 18, 2009
They only needed to harvest 80 acres so they took a three-day break and went to Bozeman, Mont ... I drove by one field of barley in Bozeman that looked like it had to be a 100-bushel an acre field and I wanted to say to the guy hey, when you start harvesting would you mind if I just ride in the combine with you. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
JIM DODSON: What Next in Kiddie Sequels? Oct 18, 2009
A fellow book lover called up in a lather the other day to ask if I'd seen "Return to the Hundred Acre Wood," the authorized sequel to A.A Milne's beloved children's classic "Winnie-the-Pooh." ... "Is nothing sacred?" she huffed ... The old fella kindly took me on an impromptu hike through the edge of the Five Hundred Acre Wood that was the inspiration for the Hundred Acre Wood in the book. (The Pilot Newspaper)
New Economics’ of Manure in This Era of Change Oct 17, 2009
An inch of rain on one acre of storage can cost anywhere from 270 to 600 to apply; it s a bigger bill considering 18 net inches of rain in Wisconsin typically. Even leaving a garden hose running in the parlor for 2 minutes a day can mean 100 to 220 a year in extra hauling costs. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Brainstorming Ways to Make Manure Pay Oct 17, 2009
He shared an example of two producers with 20-acre fields who make such a field trade and save two miles on the road each way. Three loads per acre come to 240 miles and 10 hours saved ... Their total acreages of corn silage won t change all that much. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Kenya: Proposed Law to Rid Country of Rampant Public Land-Grabbing Oct 17, 2009
In areas like Kisii, Central and parts of western Kenya, land has been fragmented into small units of less than quarter of an acre. Large chunks. (allAfrica.com)
Harvest in ruin: Excessive rain costs farmers $377M Oct 16, 2009
6 million acres of row crops - cotton, soybeans, sweet potatoes, corn and rice - was harvested before rain soaked and flooded fields throughout the state. "I'd say 90 percent of farmers are not done with harvest," said Leland farmer Kenny Fratesi, who planted about 4,000 acres of soybeans ... 2 million acres and before the rainfall had an estimated value of $700 million. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Eco-chic, new construction colonial in Wellesley Oct 16, 2009
Photo courtesy of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage A modern, newly constructed four-bedroom colonial 23 Boulder Brook Road in Wellesley offers a traditionally attractive aesthetic and nearly 5,000 square feet of living space, while also being intuitive enough to earn a silver certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. By John Ciampa/Townsman correspondent GateHouse News Service Posted Oct 15, 2009 @ 04:29 PM. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Artistic downtown renewal Oct 16, 2009
For Russ Haan and Mike Oleskow, it was the perfect site for their inner-city renewal project: a quarter-acre of dirt on the north side of McDowell Road between My Florist Cafe and Phoenix Art Museum ... One building, one vision can transform a quarter acre of land. (AZCentral -- Home)
