News Releases Archive

November 2015

• Soils, culture and people
• Urban trees provide pollution solution
• How can soils help with climate change?
• Going native—for the soil?
• Mooving manure beyond drug-resistant bacteria
• Soils and climate: preventing desertification

October 2015

• Soils and climate
• Farming on Mars? The Martian raises questions about soil
• PhD comics author to present at agronomy, crop, soil meeting
• Learning from the wild
• Solar Corridor Cropping System concept to be explored at symposium
• Beavers take a chunk out of nitrogen in Northeast rivers
• The secret life of seeds
• Soil health and agronomic resiliency symposium planned
• Doubly green trees
• Soil research around the world topic of symposium
• American Society of Agronomy acknowledges World Food Prize
• Competition brings real-world challenges to agriculture students
• When “soil” isn’t soil
• Resisting rust in Texas
• Tour to showcase Upper Midwest organic agriculture
• International Year of Soils celebration to discuss soil on Mars
• Reconnecting with your food supply

September 2015

• Covering the bases with cover crops
• Soils and the products we use
• Could “The Martian’s” scientist survive on potatoes alone?
• Identifying common objectives helpful for crop wild relative researchers
• "Women in science: Breaking the bias habit" workshop planned
• Purple bran rice defies convention
• At the top in the pits
• Connecting phytobiomes with soil and plant health symposium planned
• Climate change symposium: urban soils overlooked as source for storing carbon
• Digging in deep
• How does soil differ across Earth’s biomes-Great Plains, Coastal Wetlands, Deserts
• Food supply chain topic of symposium
• Shifting gears in education
• Cotton and fiber symposium announced
• Fingerprinting erosion

August 2015

• Soils protect the natural environment
• Hypoallergenic parks: coming soon?
• S’no water in Sierra Nevadas
• Is it true that some medicines come from the soil?
• Fortified against blindness
• What does soil health have to do with my health?

July 2015

• Soils support health
• Just say ‘No’ to drugs – in water
• Benefits of strip-till surface after five-year study
• Breeding a better peanut butter
• Is it bad to have bacteria in soil?
• Probiotics - for plants
• The importance of soil-dwelling animals
• A tale of two (soil) cities

June 2015

• Polenske named ICCA of the Year
• Soil deserves a Google Doodle!
• Soils are living
• Recycled water, salt-tolerant grass a water-saving pair
• Better switchgrass, better biofuel
• Why stay on the trails?
• When trees aren’t ‘green’
• The connection between sports and soil

May 2015

• Food or fuel? How about both?
• New planning toolset gives farmers more options for improving water quality
• Soils support recreation
• New nutrient management certification offered
• Gardening in a polluted paradise
• A model approach for sustainable phosphorus recovery from wastewater

April 2015

• Soils support buildings and infrastructure
• Going with the flow?
• Nitrogen in a "mo fo lo po" world

March 2015

• Soils retain and contain radioactivity in Fukushima
• Soils clean and capture water
• Indiana teacher wins grant

February 2015

• American Society for Agronomy’s International Certified Crop Adviser Program Joins Field to Market
• Soil Science Society of America wants you to know that “Soils Support Agriculture”
• Sixth-grade Brookfield School student wins science fair

January 2015

• Soil Science Society of America wants you to know that “Soils Support Urban Life”

December 2014

• Soil Science Society of America Celebrating 2015 International Year of Soils

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