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Urban agriculture, soil biology highlight 2019 Indiana Small Farm Conference

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - From strategies that can strengthen Indiana farms to inspired ideas for urban agriculture across the state, the Purdue Extension Indiana Small Farm Conference connects producers ... read more

Urban soils release surprising amounts of carbon dioxide

Rather, this study highlights the high soil ... urban flows of nitrogen, which are generated by cars, factories and farms and then deposited in high rates by precipitation or air particles. "Nitrogen ... read more

Agriculture intensifies soil moisture decline in Northern China

Figure 4: Variation of volumetric soil moisture (θ v) in topsoil (0–50 cm) of pristine pasture and different crop fields in Wuchuan Agricultural Meteorology Observation Station during 1983–2009. Since ... read more

How four arable farmers made their farms more resilient

Already using 5,000t of cattle muck and 2,000t of sewage sludge, he intends to improve soil health and reduce costs further. He also plans to introduce cover crops to keep the soil biology going ... ... read more

Small Farm Conference 2019

The 2019 conference at the Hendricks County 4-H Fairgrounds & Conference Complex, Danville, Indiana begins ... The Small Farm Poster Session on March 2 will feature research and programs on local ... read more

As Awareness Grows About Food’s Role In Climate Change, What Solutions Exist?

There’s quite a distance between consumers and urban dwellers and ... How can regenerative agriculture flip farms from being maybe a “problem” to being part of the solution? And especially the health ... read more

Algae Agriculture Act Of 2018 Introduced To The House Of Representatives

Representative Scott Peters (D-CA) recently introduced the Algae Agriculture Act of 2018 (H.R. 5373 ... “Algae can become a natural pathway to improve soil health on farms, manage water resources, ... read more

Whistled Form of Turkish Is One of a Kind

He and his colleagues reported their findings in the journal Current Biology. Whistled Turkish is used to communicate over long distances in the mountainous terrain of northeastern Turkey. Dr. ... read more

A regionally-adapted implementation of conservation agriculture delivers rapid improvements to soil properties associated with crop yield stability

Conservation agriculture (CA) may enhance climate resilience by generating certain soil improvements. However, the rate at which these improvements accrue is unclear, and some evidence suggests CA can ... read more

Fremont High School's $40M building ranks as sixth 'techiest' in nation

In particular, the blog highlights Fremont ... Fremont’s unique agriculture business and technology programs are training students at an early age to think about agricultural business, Webb said. ... read more

AG PROGRESS DAYS AUG. 18-20

This year's theme, "Exploring the New World of Agricultural Sciences," will highlight ... and on-farm composting. Other programs will provide information on nutrition and health. Wednesday evening's ... read more

Nottingham researchers help bridge the urban and rural divide in the UK and India

The projects are being supported by the Bridging the Urban and Rural Divide ... The new technologies will use small scale anaerobic digestion -- the microbiological breakdown of organic matter such as ... read more