Mongabay on MSN8d
One-third of food giants ignore fertilizer risks, report finds
Despite the damage fertilizers can cause, roughly a third of the world’s largest food companies don’t acknowledge any risk, ...
Washington Examiner3d
RFK Jr. wants to ‘go wild’ on agriculture. That’s a big problem
When he proposes to shift our food system toward “organic, regenerative agriculture,” what that means is abandoning synthetic fertilizers and virtually all other chemical inputs to American ...
Iowa State University research shows trade-off between carbon and nitrogen in varied crop rotations
A new study from Iowa State University researchers found that diversifying crop rotations does not aid in carbon ...
The New York Times29d
In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sludge Fertilizer
Using sludge fertilizer also reduces the use of synthetic fertilizers that are based on fossil fuels. The agency said that farmers who may be concerned about their use of sewage sludge should ...
kpvi5d
Team receives funds to reduce synthetic fertilizer use
which aims to develop technologies that reduce synthetic nitrogen fertilizer use in corn and sorghum farming – key crops for U.S. ethanol production. Preliminary work on the project was funded ...
EurekAlert!19d
Collaboration to develop sorghum hybrids to reduce synthetic fertilizer use and farmer costs
A new collaborative research team of leading plant scientists are developing sorghums with nitrogen-saving traits by utilizing the genetic diversity of wild relatives to improve resilience and ...