Cyanobacteria for a Sustainable Agriculture?
New Research About The Productivity of Ancient Boreal Flood Plains May Offer Clues for Reducing Fertilizer in Modern Crop Production What made floodplains fertile during the [...]
Research
Questioning Our Approach to Potassium in Soils
The Potassium Paradox According to three University of Illinois scientists, potash, or potassium chloride (KCL), widely used as a fertilizer in the Corn Belt, is a highly [...]
Reducing Nitrogen Use: Helping non-legumes think like legumes
Reducing Nitrogen Use Can non-legumes work like legumes? Nitrogen has certainly been on our minds lately here at beginningfarmers.org. Earlier this month we reported on the [...]
Plant Microbiomes: Implications for Agriculture?
Study Compiles Research of Past Decade on Plant Microbiomes What are the Implications for Agriculture? Marnie Rout (University of North Texas Health Science Center) and [...]
Farming in the City: Researching Urban Agriculture
New Research Conducted on Urban Agriculture Researchers Work to Make Urban Agriculture More Profitable and Productive Most agricultural pursuits are carried out in rural [...]
Healthy Food Access and CSAs
Case Made for CSA-Food Access Link Do community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs constitute a viable approach for providing fresh fruits and vegetables to [...]
Biofuel Production: New Research
Biofuel Production: New Research leading to New Possibilities? “Limited availability of fossil fuels stimulates the search for different energy resources. The use of [...]
What motivates beginning farmers?
Michigan State University Extension asks Beginning Farmers: What Motivates You to Farm? A team of educators at Michigan State University conducted research to explore what [...]
Upcoming Farm Webinars (Free!)
Free Upcoming Farm Webinars Locally Adapted Fruit Producton & Quinoa Conference *Bud and Graft Fruit Trees for Organic Production Date: August 29, 2013; Time: 11 [...]
Nitrogen-fixation: Moving beyond legumes?
Nitrogen-fixation novelty: A biological technology that can make any crop fix nitrogen? Nitrogen-fixation has long been the domain of leguminous crops (such as beans, peas, [...]
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