News tagged with soil grains

Nitrogen guidelines for cereal forages

Cereal grains such as wheat and barley are viable alternative hay crops and can provide valuable grazing opportunities. Due to drought resistance, good yields and ability to break pest cycles of perennial crops, annual forages ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | 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

Nitrate fertiliser wasted on sugarcane

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising nitrogen fertiliser application to sugarcane crops globally and the potential for this fertiliser to be leached from soil and lost to the atmosphere have been highlighted in a new study led by The ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Soil nutrient management for organic production

Organic producers are faced with somewhat different challenges in maintaining their soil nutrient levels than are conventional producers. The new Montana State University Extension bulletin Soil Nutrient Management on Organic ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Agriculture's next revolution -- perennial grain -- within sight

Earth-friendly perennial grain crops, which grow with less fertilizer, herbicide, fuel, and erosion than grains planted annually, could be available in two decades, according to researchers writing in the current issue of ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

The effect of landscape position on biomass crop yield

The emergence of biofuels into agricultural systems presents new opportunities for farmers to improve economic return while providing critical ecosystem services. Integrating perennial crops can help meet food, fuel and fiber ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists see water ice in fresh meteorite craters on Mars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are seeing sub-surface water ice that may be 99 percent pure halfway between the north pole and the equator on Mars, thanks to quick-turnaround observations from orbit of fresh ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 3