agriculture

3 [more?] Surprising Ways Water Depends on Healthy Forests

Healthy forests are critical to providing clean water. Forests can positively impact the quantity, quality and filtration costs associated with…

7 years ago

Keeping Cows Cool With Less Water and Energy

Photo: cows cool off at UC Davis. (Paul Fortunato/UC Davis) Innovative cooling technologies tested on dairy cows at the University…

7 years ago

Easy Fix: How to Stop Poisoning Fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Saturated buffer along unnamed tributary to the Skunk River, Iowa. Photo by Kent Heikens USDA, Agricultural Research Service. Fertilizer used…

7 years ago

USDA: study finds no-till farming alone not sufficient to prevent water pollution from nitrate

photo: A no-till field. INDIANAPOLIS - A new IUPUI study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture answers a long-debated…

7 years ago

Farmers’ efforts to help environment benefit Lancaster County farms

Mill Creek flows through a riparian buffer on the Mahlon Stoltzfus farm in New Holland. Trees and shrubs along the…

7 years ago