Recent study determined that across all study years, incorporating corn once within a four-year cycle resulted in eight percent greater yields than continuous soybean, whereas cotton (once or twice within a rotation) did not
Although agricultural improvements have boosted food production in the past 50 years, drought and salinization threaten more than half of the planet’s arable land
Study may be the first to provide quantifiable evidence that eliminating the overabundance of phosphorus will be critical for improving the quality of Wisconsin's lakes and rivers
"The activity of microorganisms in soil has the potential to alleviate or worsen climate change, so we need to form predictions regarding their activities,” researcher says