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John Deere Robot Planter: The Future of Farming Looks Like Fewer Chemicals
January 13, 2023
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https://www.cnet.com/tech/john-deere-robot-planter-the-future-of-farming... By Claire Reilly and Bree Fowler, January 5, 2023
Read MoreAlgae depresses Lake Erie home values
January 6, 2023
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/12/27/algae-depresses-lake-erie-home-values/ By Cassidy Hough | December 27, 2022 Getting rid of algae could make Lake Erie property owners some serious money. And, there’s already a clean-up plan in place. The 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was a deal struck between the United States and Canada to protect and restore the Great Lakes. And fulfilling it would provide $42.9 million annually to the Lake Erie housing market.
Read MoreAlgae depresses Lake Erie home values
January 6, 2023
mschmitz
http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/12/27/algae-depresses-lake-erie-home-values/ By Cassidy Hough | December 27, 2022 Getting rid of algae could make Lake Erie property owners some serious money. And, there’s already a clean-up plan in place. The 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was a deal struck between the United States and Canada to protect and restore the Great Lakes. And fulfilling it would provide $42.9 million annually to the Lake Erie housing market.
Read MoreOhio must put Lake Erie on ‘pollution diet’ under settlement terms
December 13, 2022
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/11/ohio-must-put-lake-erie-on... by Garrett Ellison TOLEDO, OH — The state of Ohio must develop a mandatory cap on algae-fueling nutrient pollution entering Lake Erie under the terms of a proposed court settlement.
Read MoreResearch Reveals an Easy Way Dairy Farmers Can Dramatically Reduce their Climate Impact
December 2, 2022
https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2022/research-reveals-easy-way-dairy-farm... By Lorena Anderson Adding even a small amount of biochar — a charcoal-like material produced by burning organic matter — to a dairy’s manure-composting process reduces methane emissions by 84%, a recent study by UC Merced researchers shows.
Read MoreHere's how the food and energy crises are connected
September 21, 2022
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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/heres-how-the-food-and-energy-cri... By Kate Whiting The World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Impact Meetings are bringing experts together to discuss the energy and food crises. The food and energy crises are interlinked: fertilizer production has been halted because of the soaring cost of natural gas, which the industry needs to create ammonia.
Read MoreDinnertime anyone? Fertilize now and a lush green carpet of grass is within reach Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/kc-gardens/article265301636.html#storylink=cpy
September 12, 2022
jbrotton
BY DENNIS PATTON SPECIAL TO THE STAR UPDATED SEPTEMBER 09, 2022 5:35 PM The dinner bell is ringing for area lawns. September is the most crucial time to fertilize cool season bluegrass and tall fescue lawns. Fertilizer applied now prepares the lawn for rapid growth during the fall and helps to overcome summer stress by naturally thickening up thin stands.
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September is the month for restoring your parched lawn
September 12, 2022
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Here’s what to do to keep the grass in decent shape — the environmentally responsible way, of course.
Read MoreParticulate Matter Affecting Air, Water and Soil Quality
September 7, 2022
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GUEST AUTHOR Sara Delheimer, Program Coordinator/Writer, Multistate Research Fund Impacts Program September 6, 2022 The availability and transport of nutrients, greenhouse gases and toxic contaminants in agricultural systems depends on interactions with particulate matter (such as organic matter, silt, clay, microbes and nanoparticles). These dynamics are critical to agricultural sustainability, environmental health, food safety and climate change.
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