News Releases Archive

June 2020

• Food-grade wheatgrass variety released for public use
• Why do we need to know harvest yield during crop growth?
• Crop residue decisions affect soil life
• Is lead contamination ancient history?
• Reusing chicken litter shows benefits
• What are smallholder farms?
• Solving the mysteries of water and air underground
• What’s being done to restore wetlands?

May 2020

• Using waste to grow wonders
• Protecting American wheat fields
• How did soil salinity affect ancient civilizations?
• Soybean seeding rates and risk
• Can newer irrigation techniques save water?
• Soil pores hold the key to stability for desert soils
• How are soil microbes affected by fertilizer in soils?

April 2020

• Are salt deposits a solution for nuclear waste disposal?
• Industrial Hemp: reviewing history and hysteria
• How atrazine regulations have influenced the environment
• Breeding a hardier, more nutritious wheat
• Building a bean that resists leafhoppers
• How are coastal farmers responding to salty soils?
• Soil Science Society publishes blogs about Deepwater Horizon’s Anniversary
• Overcoming carbon loss from farming in peatlands

March 2020

• How drones can help farmers
• Why do farmers care about conservation?
• Salmon provide nutrients to Alaskan streambanks
• Microbes play important role in soil’s nitrogen cycle
• How does flooding affect farms?
• Cover crops can benefit hot, dry soils
• What happened to Alaska’s soils during the 2019 fires?

February 2020

• Preparing plants for our future climate
• How do my food choices affect the environment?
• Count me out of counting seeds
• What are alluvial soils?
• Do soils need a low-salt diet?
• Are there edible cotton seeds?
• Forest soils recovering from effects of acid rain
• Great American Prairies – the most endangered ecosystem on Earth?

January 2020

• Fungal decisions can affect climate
• What do nutrients do for plants?
• Helping roadside soils bounce back after construction
• Are sinking soils in the Everglades related to climate change?
• What is the California state soil?
• Mindfulness needed when salting sidewalks, roads
• Drones effective tools for fruit farmers
• Rice Terraces 101

December 2019

• Star fruit could be the new “star” of Florida agriculture
• Helping plant nurseries reduce runoff
• Connecting agriculture, public gardens and science
• How can growing seasons be extended?
• Water management grows farm profits
• Top 5 ways we can support soil
• How can soil scientists tell the history of a location from a soil pit?
• ACSESS names Nick Goeser as CEO

November 2019

• From the farm to the feast
• Helping quinoa brave the heat

October 2019

• Preserved pollen tells the history of floodplains
• Mapping millet genetics
• What is urban ecology and why is it important?
• Alfalfa and potassium: It’s complicated
• What is phytoremediation?
• Celebrating the health and nutritional potential of underutilized crop species
• Linking soil and environmental health
• Mapping white clover heritage
• Datasets can lead to risk-reducing solutions in agriculture
• What is the difference between square and round hay bales?
• Fungi as predictors of climate change effects
• Managing stormwater and stream restoration projects together
• Updates on balancing food production with environmental quality

September 2019

• Composting and Urban Agriculture of San Antonio Tour
• Featured speakers announced for Embracing the Digital Environment meeting
• Turning up the heat for weed control
• Upcoming: Embracing the Digital Environment Meeting
• What is the value of using crop wild relatives in potato breeding?
• Sesame yields stable in drought conditions
• Celebrating the 350th Anniversary of Phosphorus’ Discovery!
• Reduce, reuse, recycle: the future of phosphorus
• Breeders release new flaxseed cultivar with higher yield

August 2019

• Scientists call for infiltration to be better incorporated into land surface models
• Optimizing fertilizer source and rate to avoid root death
• How are soil scientists studying soils under water?
• Hard-working termites crucial to forest, wetland ecosystems
• What are the types of crops based on nutrition?
• Cover crops, compost and carbon
• Can soil microbes adapt to different climates and regions?

July 2019

• Overturning the truth on conservation tillage
• Active pharmaceutical ingredients can persist in the environment
• How do plant partnerships help sustainability?
• Giving a chip about masa
• What are soil aggregates?
• Nitrogen from biosolids can help urban soils and plant growth

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