Agricultural and Forestry Science

Rising reuse of wastewater in forecast but world lacks data on 'massive potential resource'

Amid growing competition for freshwater from industry and cities, coupled with a rising world shortage of potash, nitrogen and phosphorus, an international…

New study informs blueberry flavor selection

The University of Florida's (UF) Blueberry Breeding Program has been developing successful blueberry cultivars for more than 60 years.The cultivars released…

Sharing the risks/costs of biomass crops

A University of Illinois study recommends a framework for contracts between growers and biorefineries to help spell out expectations for sustainability…

Spread of crop pests threatens global food security as Earth warms

A new study has revealed that global warming is resulting in the spread of crop pests towards the North and South Poles at a rate of nearly 3 km a year. The…

Red spruce reviving in New England, but why?

In the 1970s, red spruce was the forest equivalent of a canary in the coal mine, signaling that acid rain was damaging forests and that some species,…

Study Forecasts Future Water Levels of Crucial Agricultural Aquifer

Those findings are part of a recently published study by David Steward, professor of civil engineering, and colleagues at Kansas State University. The study…

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