April, 1999


SURFING THE WEB

Catching Rays - http://www.kaj.dk/weed-by-uv.htm
There are many ways to zap a weed. If you're not big on chemicals then maybe you'll see some promise in this method, which uses ultra-violet light to basically cook the nasty little critters.

Event Finder - http://www.agrisurf.com/agrisurfcalendar/
Keep yourself and others up to date with all that's happening in the world of agriculture by using this calendar service. You can browse by day or month, as well as search for events. Add your own events to help publicize things. Currently there are over 800 events listed.

Pesticide Storage and Handling Tutorial - http://ingis.acn.ces.purdue.edu:9999/cttpp/pest.html
http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modad/23359601.html
Farmers pride themselves on being good environmental stewards. Proper handling and storage of ag chemicals is one good way to show it. Download this little DOS application for a quick tutorial on proper procedures.

Farmer Medicine -
Ever heard of Agromedicine? We hadn't either, but apparently there is such a beast. Evidently it relates to those ailments that are more likely to occur amongst farmers (pesticide poisoning, noise induced hearing loss, skin cancer etc). For information check these links:

http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/
health/agromed/links.html
http://www.musc.edu/oem/topics.html

Roger Brook
(Extracted from the Agri-Surfer Newsletter, Neither I nor Michigan State University
endorse these sites. The information contained in these sites is the responsibilities of the site creator)