News tagged with forage crops

Forage sorghum shows promise as energy crop

(PhysOrg.com) -- In their continuing effort to evaluate crops that can serve as biofuel feedstocks as well as cover crops (and that can fit into crop rotations in Pennsylvania and the Northeast) researchers ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists develop crop for livestock in dry climates

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool are working with international partners to develop new forage crop for the hot and dry climate of regions such as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Advancing biocrop alternatives in the Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest farmers could someday be filling up their machinery's tanks with fuels produced from their own fields, according to ongoing research by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wet spring seriously delays planting and harvesting for Pa. farmers

Spring was so wet this year in parts of Pennsylvania that eventual crop yields may be in jeopardy due to delayed planting, according to experts in Penn State's College of Agriculture Sciences.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0