News Releases Archive

November 2018

• Soil tilling, mulching key to China’s potato crop
• How can we tell if forest rehabilitation is successful?
• Soil’s history: A solution to soluble phosphorus?
• What are some fun facts about cranberries for Thanksgiving?

October 2018

• Fertilizers’ impact on soil health compared
• Breeding beans that resist weevils
• How do they make those crazy designs on major league baseball outfields?
• Penetrating the soil’s surface with radar
• What are those wavy bands in the soil?
• Maintaining high crop quality topic of symposium
• Boxing up ag field nitrogen
• Sustainable intensification of crops topic of symposium
• What’s the difference between hay and straw?
• High-tech observations for food security
• Fighting antinutrients to improve nutrition
• Cross-cutting issues in environmental quality and agriculture symposium
• What is “porous pavement” and how does that help soils capture and clean water?

September 2018

• Regional differences in cover crops
• Plant genetic resources ensure ag’s future
• “Enhancing productivity in a changing climate”
• The many uses of crop wild relatives
• “Ground coffee” with soil perks in Brazil
• Celebrating plant cousins: Crop Wild Relative Week
• How do wetlands protect land and water?
• Protect your soils in the fall
• What are riparian buffer strips?
• What is ‘soil friendly’ eating?

August 2018

• Soy natural: Genetic resistance against aphids
• What causes stress in plants?
• In soil carbon measurements, tools tell the tale
• How can I help my soil hold more carbon?
• Matchmaking for sweet potato? It’s complicated
• Why is it important to have seed banks and seed access?
• What are canopy soils?
• Soil phosphorus availability and lime: more than just pH?

July 2018

• Manure slipping through (soil) cracks
• Crops and livestock on the same farms, the same fields–why?
• Quick soil test aims to determine nitrogen need
• Why are soils different in different states?
• Reining in soil’s nitrogen chemistry
• What are denitrifying woodchip bioreactors, and how do they help the environment?
• How is carbon “stored” in soils of the Arctic and Subarctic?

June 2018

• Where do agricultural greenhouse gases come from, and what can be done to reduce them?
• Whether wheat weathers heat waves
• Why do the loess hills of Iowa need to be farmed in terraces?
• Soils give background to vacation fun
• High-protein corn also resistant to parasitic weed
• How are plants bred to be biofortified? Why is it important?
• Breeding better Brazilian rice
• How do soil microbes influence nutrient availability?

May 2018

• Radish cover crop traps nitrogen; mystery follows
• Treading lightly on vacation soils
• Cause of E. coli beach closings? Gulls
• What fertilizers and pesticides commonly go on ag fields and why?
• Sustainable Agronomy Conference: Science meets practice
• What considerations go into rehabilitating land back to native grasses?
• Less water, same Texas cotton
• How can I use natural materials to build soil fertility in my garden?
• Plant breeders balance shared innovation, revenue
• What is a “green roof” and are they helpful to the environment?

April 2018

• Corn with straw mulch builds yield, soil carbon
• Keeping your lawn healthy benefits you as well
• Start your garden right
• Root exudates affect soil stability, water repellency
• Why do forest soils need to be managed?
• Faba fix for corn’s nitrogen need
• What should I consider before using fertilizers and pesticides at home?
• Dry the weeds, keep the crops
• What is the critical zone?

March 2018

• Ragweed casts shade on soy production
• Spring’s leaks, soil’s response
• How do they make the grass on golf courses so smooth?
• Fixing soybean’s need for nitrogen
• Why are there regulations on manure use for food safety?
• Chesapeake Bay’s nitrogen clean-up crew
• Agronomy @Work, on video
• Why are weeds so competitive with my plants?
• Crop rotation, grazing rebuilds soil health
• Watters honored as International Certified Crop Adviser of the Year
• The Irish Potato Famine – could it happen again?

February 2018

• Mudsnails provide water quality indicators
• What are the general uses of pesticides?
• Reed canarygrass: environmental foe, cattle food?
• How does biochar work to improve, or even decontaminate, soil?
• Cover crops in nitrogen’s circle of life
• Tips for community gardens
• How do scientists do traditional plant breeding?
• Technology keeps rice fertilizer nice
• What is the soil microbiome?

January 2018

• Research finding ways to inject manure, preserve environment
• Tracking wastewater’s path to wells, groundwater
• How do fertilizers help with food security?
• New “Buck” naked barley: food, feed, brew
• What is vermicompost?
• Robotic weeders: to a farm near you?
• Under snow, underfoot: soils in winter
• Scientific societies create sustainability, food security blog
• Alfalfa loss? Annual ryegrass is a win
• What are the benefits of growing multiple types of forage grasses for grazing animals?

December 2017

• No rest for weary canola plants
• Are wetlands really the “Earth’s kidneys”?
• Does eclipse equal night in plant life?
• Freezing trees, finding answers
• What’s the largest terrestrial organism?

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