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...report on Jackpile found that the mine had rendered the nearby Paguate River unfit for human, livestock or irrigation use and that monitoring of the mine's effect on local, water supplies was nearly nonexistant. Today's the mine still releases high levels of radiation into the air and water. ARCO, which claims to have lost money on the mine, has proved extremely reluctant in negotiations with the tribe to make the closed mine safe...
Mankind would never have got anywhere without outwitting or overpowering the natural order of things. Early humans invented the arts of agriculture and livestock management to free themselves from dependency on the uncertain bounty of nature. Crucial differences between things devised by humankind and those that issue from Mother Nature often get blurred in the cause of merchandising...
...Army Ammunition Plant. The Government hopes to sell 1,300 acres of this 23,000-acre compound 50 miles southwest of Chicago. Last year the expendable acreage was leased to local farmers for $750,000; they used it to grow corn, hay, soybeans and other crops, and to graze livestock. Farmers like John Nugent of Manhattan, Ill., who now rents some of the land for $95 per acre, are interested in buying "if the price is right." Harold Holz, who manages the land for the Uniroyal Corp. under a federal contract, says that the grazing land is worth around...
...arable, and, to make matters worse, the government's agriculture program has badly faltered. As a result, Kenya, once self-sufficient in food production, has become a chronic importer of expensive grains, including the daily staple, corn. Prices for the country's traditional exports (coffee, tea, livestock products) have drastically fallen. Kenya is expected to run a balance of payments deficit of as much as $1 billion this year. Per capita income, only about $400 annually, is declining...
Bernard Boozer, who raised beef cattle, was charged with the death of several of his livestock due to starvation. The Oswegonian, the campus's newspaper, reported recently...