Tag: agriculture
Fertilizers carry a hidden cost for soil’s crucial microbes – using...
Esther Ndumi Ngumbi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Across North America, in places such as Illinois, Iowa and Texas, farmers...
War‑induced fertilizer shortage may be reducing US soil and water pollution
Kimberly Van Meter, Penn State and Nandita Basu, University of Waterloo
American farmers are expected to plant several million...
In deep‑red Idaho, even Republicans break with Trump on farm labor
Lisa Meierotto, Boise State University; Matthew May, Boise State University, and Rebecca Som Castellano, Boise State University
Under the...
Building more renewable energy sources means rethinking land use for agriculture...
Adam Gallaher, Central Michigan University
The state of New York could meet its goal of building 46 gigawatts of...
A fungal disease, along with climate change, threatens Colorado’s prized peaches
Jane Stewart, Colorado State University and David Sterle, Colorado State University
In western Colorado, home to the treasured Palisade...
Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...
Lily Peck, University of California, Los Angeles
For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt...
Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing...
Joel Lisonbee, University of Colorado Boulder and William Baule, Texas A&M University
Cattle auctions aren’t often all-night affairs. But...
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
Tim Slack, Louisiana State University and Shannon M. Monnat, Syracuse University
Roughly 1 in 5 Americans live in rural...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
