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