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Classroom hydroponics
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Easily constructed and maintained, hydroponic growing systems have budding potential in the classroom.
OVER THE LAST several years, educators everywhere have been discovering the merits of hydroponic gardening as a teaching tool. Hydroponics is a word derived from Greek that roughly translates as "working water." Instead of being planted in soil, plants are grown purely in nutrient-- rich water, called nutrient solution, or in a soilless medium such as peat moss or perlite that is fed with nutrient solution. Hydroponic gardening is an ideal vehicle for teaching agriculture, botany, ...
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Catfish selling for less despite higher feed costs
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal
; Mississippi catfish farmers have a hot commodity swimming...Despite the fact that record volumes of catfish are being sold every week, the price...in the Last six months. The last USDA catfish processing report shows farmers are receiving...
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Catfish's name is no longer mud
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Catfish's name is no longer mud When farm-raised...with an image problem, it would be the catfish. These ugly little brutes have been known...re nastier than junkyard dogs. Yet the catfish has cleaned up his act. Commercially raised...
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Catfish biz treads water with higher production, but lower prices
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal
; Even though Mississippi catfish farmers produced 30 million more pounds of catfish in 2002 than the previous year, the value dropped...a growing import market. In 2002, Mississippi catfish farmers raised 630 million pounds of catfish...
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Catfish: although the battle with Vietnam still rages, a drop in supply may push prices up. (Species Focus).
Magazine article from: Seafood Business
; ...year could be the turning point for the domestic catfish industry. Catfish farmers continue to struggle to meet costs, which...forcing the supply down and prices up. Domestic catfish prices could also rise when the results of the antidumping...
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Catfish: even amid bitter political battles, buyers can find sweet deals. (Finfish Focus).
Magazine article from: Seafood Business
; If you're a buyer, farm-raised catfish has never been a sweeter deal. This summer...last summer. Over the past 12 months, catfish prices have been at their lowest levels...Mississippi Delta in the 1970s. At Cahoot's Catfish & Oyster Bar in Abilene, Texas...
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Catfish Farmers of America Annual Convention Convenes in Natchez.
Business Wire
; Townsend Kyser named Alabama Catfish Farmer of the Year Dennington Moss named Arkansas Catfish Farmer of the Year Brandon Haring named Louisiana Catfish Farmer of the Year Joe Oglesby named Mississippi Catfish Farmer of the Year John Dillard receives...
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Catfish: processors are optimistic prices will increase. (Buyer's Update).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business
; When is a catfish a catfish? When it's grown in the U.S.A., of course. This October...spores were being delivered to the U.S. Senate mail room, the Catfish Farmers of America decided it was high time to get the attention of...
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Catfish continues to be bright spot in state's agriculture
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal
; ...With historically low prices for feed, catfish production continues to be one of the few...conditions and concerns about imports of Asian catfish. Hugh Warren, executive vice president, Catfish Farmers of America, says catfish farming...
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Catfish Country of Origin Labeling (C.O.O.L.) Law Begins July 1.
Business Wire
; ...disclose the country of origin of the catfish they serve, will go into effect July...law requires that restaurants serving catfish inform customers as to the origin of the...materials offered free-of-charge by The Catfish Institute, the marketing arm of the U...
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Catfish: makeover designed to broaden domestic species' appeal.(Top Species)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business
; ...and the slimehead before it, the humble catfish is banking on a name change and a higher...phase two of a three part program, The Catfish Institute, along with culinary strategists...to launch Delacata, a premium cut of catfish that would be marketed to white-tablecloth...
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