Understanding how the spectral quality of light affects maize physiology is critical, as it mediates an early response to competition. We measured the effect...

Northern Ghana faces persistent dry-season water insecurity despite receiving substantial seasonal rainfall. This critical narrative review examines why wet-...

Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers.....

Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers....

Research showed that cultivating spontaneous grass species in fruit orchards could boost annual soil carbon sequestration rates to 3.3 tonnes per hectare or more, the Taoyuan District Agricultural Res...

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In Wisconsin, Hurtgenlea Holsteins has been working with an alfalfa-corn silage intercropping system for ruminant forage.

The low adoption of annual cover crops in the United States Corn Belt has motivated research into novel cover cropping systems that mitigate the degrading of water quality due to soil and nutrient lo...

Organic and conventional systems can build soil when their practices support the dominant drivers of organic matter.

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This study shows that ecological complexity is empirically measurable, and its development in restoration can be influenced by key variables, which have mechanistic underpinnings. The foundational ro...

Maize hybrid breeding started over 100 years ago and has increased yield and vigor through improved genetics in conjunction with increased fertilizer and pes...

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Maize intercropped with perennial groundcover (PGC) can maintain grain yield and minimize nutrient and soil loss. We tested the effect of PGC on soil water and plant-available nutrients in a 3-year ...

Please join us for the Iowa Learning Farms webinar at noon CDT, Wednesday, March 11, featuring Humberto Blanco, professor of soil management and applied soil physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Blanco’s work focuses on soil physical health, soil erosion, soil water management, soil C sequestration and overall soil ecosystem services under conservation tillage, crop residue management, cropping systems, cover crops, cover crop grazing, biochar, perennial grasses and other practices.

The University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Master Teacher Award recognizes faculty members

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The Perennial Groundcover (PGC) system pairs row crops with perennial grasses in an effort to provide ecosystem services such as runoff and erosion reduction without it affecting the yield. By maintai...