Agricultural and Forestry Science

Landsat Satellites Find the 'Sweet Spot' for Crops

Farmer Gary Wagner walks into his field where the summer leaves on the sugar beet plants are a rich emerald hue — not necessarily a good color when it comes…

As Population, Interest in Outdoor Recreation Grow, More Pressure Likely for Northern Forests

“Outdoor Recreation in the Northern United States,” a report recently published by the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station as GTR NRS-100,…

Horticultural Hijacking: The Dark Side of Beneficial Soil Bacteria

Even though beneficial root bacteria come to the rescue when a plant is being attacked by pathogens, there’s a dark side to the relationship between the plant…

New Uses for Old Tools Could Boost Biodiesel Output

For more than 30 years, near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy has been used as a rapid and nondestructive method for measuring protein, moisture, and…

Selective grazing and aversion to olive and grape leaves achieved in goats and sheep

By using the natural mechanism of conditioned taste aversion, researchers redirected the food preferences of ruminants, making them more willing to eliminate…

Outlook: Russian and Ukraine likely to boom in Corn

Russia and the Ukraine will most likely massively expand their corn production – this was the take-home message of Dr. Yelto Zimmer, coordinator of the agri…

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