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  • 06/29/09: Could The USDA Have A Surprise In Store? (Lanworth)
    Tomorrow's USDA report is expected to show US soybean acres rising to 78.3 million according to the average trade guess, that's 2.3 million more than their original March estimate. (Nogger's Blog)
  • 06/26/09: Lanworth Projects Fewer Soybean Acres, More for Corn, Wheat (Lanworth)
    U.S. farmers planted fewer soybeans than the government forecast in March while topping the 2009 estimates for corn and spring wheat, according to a Lanworth Inc. analysis. (Bloomberg.com)
  • 06/26/09: Fewer soybean acres? One firm says yes (Lanworth)
    Based on satellite imagery and other forms of "intelligence," one firm says U.S. soybean acres will be lower than expected when USDA releases its June Acreage report on Tuesday. (Agriculture Online)
  • 06/21/09: Westervelt Co. creates mitigation bank to help firms offset developments (Westervelt Ecological Services)
    Tuscaloosa, Ala. -- A pine plantation in southeastern Tuscaloosa County soon will see its final harvest. Once the trees are cut, no new pine trees will be neatly planted on the 1,060-acre site near the Duncanville community. The land instead will return to a wild state, with some extra help from humans. (Tuscaloosa News)
  • 06/11/09: Fishing looking up for weekend (Miramichi Black Rapids Lodge)
    It's sort of like how you wish good luck to an actor by hoping they'll "break a leg." Likewise, if fishermen on the Miramichi River system are to enjoy good fortune this weekend, they should hope for rain. Not that fishermen need rain, but the fish could use some. (Times & Transcript)
  • 05/13/09: Salmon outfitters say business is good (Miramichi Black Rapids Lodge)
    MIRAMICHI - Outfitters up and down the Miramichi River are enthusiastically boasting excellent salmon runs, pristine water conditions, and strong booking numbers so far this spring season. But even though the fish are jumping and Canadian and European visitors are biting on the promise of landing large quantities of Atlantic Salmon, it appears many American anglers are keeping their rods, tackle, and credit cards tucked away for the time being. (Times & Transcript)
  • 04/23/09: Mitigation bank preserves historic cattle ranch (Westervelt Ecological Services)
    Sacramento, Calif. -- Stan Van Vleck, owner and operator of 150 year-old Van Vleck Ranch, has spent years struggling to maintain a historic cattle operation in the face of modern economic pressures. Inheritance and transfer taxes, rising property taxes, and encroachment by urban development has threatened the ranch's operational outlook.
  • 04/23/09: Streams and wetlands preserved through mitigation credits in Alabama (Westervelt Ecological Services)
    Tuscaloosa, Ala. -- A successful collaborative project in Shelby County has been repeated in Tuscaloosa County, bringing the first mitigation bank to the Black Warrior - Tombigbee River Basin.

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