News Releases Archive

September 2020

• First look at a sustainable agricultural mulch
• Opening speaker announced for Translating Visionary Science to Practice Meeting
• Upcoming: Translating Visionary Science to Practice Meeting
• Crop diversity is key to increased profits for Brazilian farmers
• Celebrating plant cousins: Crop Wild Relative Week
• Choosing the right cover crop to protect the soil
• Wild cousins may help crops battle climate change
• Climate change could increase rice yields

August 2020

• Getting to the root of the problem
• How is disease affecting soybean yields?
• Improving protein digestibility in sorghum
• Technology can help speed soil recovery after oil spills
• How does plant disease affect my breakfast?
• Smartphones prove to be time-saving analytical tools

July 2020

• Studying interactions between ground-nesting bees and soils
• How do the various soil types in Puerto Rico support different crops?
• Keeping pinto beans away from the dark side
• How much fluorine is too much fluorine?
• Sustainable Agronomy Conference goes virtual
• The story behind a uniquely dark, wetland soil
• How do farmers and agronomists determine which pests need to be managed?
• GPS isn’t just for road trips anymore

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
• Reusing chicken litter shows benefits
• What are smallholder farms?
• Solving the mysteries of water and air underground

May 2020

• Using waste to grow wonders
• Protecting American wheat fields
• Soybean seeding rates and risk
• Can newer irrigation techniques save water?
• Soil pores hold the key to stability for desert 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

February 2020

• Preparing plants for our future climate
• How do my food choices affect the environment?
• Count me out of counting seeds
• 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?
• 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
• 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
• 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

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