Despite promising to reduce the use of chemicals in food production, the president is boosting the production of the herbicide commonly known as Roundup.
New research shows that early land plants started influencing Earth’s climate hundreds of millions of years earlier than ...
Alum is used in the Apopka Beauclair Canal which feeds from Lake Apopka into the Harris Chain of Lakes. Holz and Campione said it is used in a multitude of bodies of water, both across the state and ...
Life needs nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. But without the right balance of oxygen, these elements get locked away in planets’ cores.
The three-pillar strategy aims to grow innovation, gather data on pesticide exposure, and expand regenerative acreage.
A powerful, nutrient-rich fertilizer flows through every home every single day, and most people send it straight down the drain without a second thought. That habit wastes nitrogen, phosphorus, ...
If phosphorus stayed locked in the soil, farmers would have wasted money on fertilizer they didn’t need. And excess phosphorus in soil can hinder the uptake of essential plant micronutrients and alter ...
Franklin County, Vermont is making progress in improving water quality and reducing phosphorus runoff. Farmers have contributed 83% of the effort.
The administration’s push to expand glyphosate production has intensified concern among health advocates, who cite studies suggesting the chemical could pose serious cancer risks.
For loamy soils, potassium values for Bray-1 soil tests in ppm for very low, low, optimum, high, very high and excessively ...
Q. I have heard of something called seed inoculation, but I don’t really understand it or where to start. Could you help me educate me on that? — Daniel P.
Minnesota crop adviser encourages farmers to reduce input expenses while maintaining yields through strategic cost-cutting and soil testing.