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New Study Improves Drought Prediction Methods

By: Logan Hawkes,
A new study by researchers at Oklahoma State University’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences may well improve the predictability of seasonal droughts and provide a better way for farmers to determine when drought conditions are likely to occur. https://www.landcan.org/article/New-Study-Improves-Drought-Prediction-Methods/729/

 

Report to the President on Agricultural Preparedness & the Agriculture Research Enterprise

At a public meeting at the White House, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a report entitled, “Report to the President on Agricultural Preparedness & the Agriculture Research Enterprise.https://www.landcan.org/article/Report-to-the-President-on-Agricultural-Preparedness-and-the-Agriculture-Research-Enterprise/598/

 

Ethanol Offers Growing Environmental Benefits

By: National Corn Growers Assn.
Ethanol and petroleum are compared in a side by side scientific evaluation for environmental impacts. https://www.landcan.org/article/Ethanol-Offers-Growing-Environmental-Benefits/967/

 

Wetlands clean water, provide homes for wildlife across the nation

By: Michelle Banks; NRCS
Wetlands play a crucial role in the world’s ecosystem by protecting and improving water quality, filtering surface water, storing floodwater and creating or enhancing wildlife habitat.https://www.landcan.org/article/Wetlands-clean-water-provide-homes-for-wildlife-across-the-nation/1103/

 

Cover crops making a difference at Alabama’s Dee River Ranch

By: Paul Hollis
Annie Dee, an Alabama ranch owner, believes fervently that if her family doesn’t practice sustainability, they won’t stay in the business of farming.https://www.landcan.org/article/Cover-crops-making-a-difference-at-Alabamas-Dee-River-Ranch/1015/

 

The Rise of Natural Capitalism and the New Frontier of the Restoration Economy

By: Chandler Van Voorhis
With GreenTrees, participating landowners now have the potential to sit back and watch their forest grow while revenues increase.https://www.landcan.org/article/The-Rise-of-Natural-Capitalism-and-the-New-Frontier-of-the-Restoration-Economy/1019/

 

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Options and Costs for Agricultural Land and Animal Production within the United States

By: ICF International
U.S. agriculture consists of more than 2 million farms that collectively manage more than 922 million acres of cropland, grassland pasture, and range.https://www.landcan.org/article/Greenhouse-Gas-Mitigation-Options-and-Costs-for-Agricultural-Land-and-Animal-Production-within-the-United-States/933/

 

Water Issues Drive Precision Agriculture Solutions in Specialty Crops

By: Cary Blake
Researchers at variety of universities are working on the Western State Precision Agriculture Water Research Project, which uses drone and other technologies to determine how to use less water to produce more crops.https://www.landcan.org/article/Water-Issues-Drive-Precision-Agriculture-Solutions-in-Specialty-Crops/918/

 

Turning Wine Waste into Profit

By: Daniel Robison
The US wine industry creates an enormous amount of waste from processing more than 4 million tons of grapes a year. Chemists have been working on turning this waste, called pomace, into edible and inedible products.https://www.landcan.org/article/Turning-Wine-Waste-into-Profit/890/

 

Energy Beets for Biofuel Could be Winter Cash Crop for Southeast Growers

By: Clint Thompson, University of Georgia
Beets are producing “sweet” results with researchers at the University of Georgia.https://www.landcan.org/article/Energy-Beets-for-Biofuel-Could-be-Winter-Cash-Crop-for-Southeast-Growers/891/

 

Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Forest Sustainability in the Wake of Emerging Bioenergy Policies

By: Jody M. Endres
Renewable energy policies generally have assumed that forests can provide a significant source of environmentally-friendly feedstocks for electricity, heat and power generation.https://www.landcan.org/article/Barking-Up-the-Wrong-Tree-Forest-Sustainability-in-the-Wake-of-Emerging-Bioenergy-Policies/1239/

 

Growing Fish in the Arizona Desert?

By: Mary Carroll
Desert Springs Tilapia, an aquaculture farm located in Dateland, is making great strides toward sustainable farming. A unique feature of the farm is the use of a water source which has proven inadequate for raising crops, including cotton, historically grown in this area.https://www.landcan.org/article/Growing-Fish-in-the-Arizona-Desert/1259/

 

ARE NEONICOTINOIDS KILLING BEES? A Review of Research into the Effects of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Bees, with Recommendations for Action

By: Jennifer Hopwood, Mace Vaughan, Matthew Shepherd, David Biddinger, Eric Mader, Scott Hoffman Black and Celeste Mazzacano
Neonicotinoids are a group of long-lasting insecticides that are absorbed by plants and then dispersed through plant tissue, making flower nectar and pollen poisonous.https://www.landcan.org/article/ARE-NEONICOTINOIDS-KILLING-BEES-A-Review-of-Research-into-the-Effects-of-Neonicotinoid-Insecticides-on-Bees-with-Recommendations-for-Action/1277/

 

Local Meat and Poultry Processing - The Importance of Business Commitments for Long-Term Viability

By: Lauren Gwin, Arion Thiboumery, and Richard Stillman
Stabilizing and enhancing meat and poultry processing for local markets requires that farmers and processors build more established and predictable business relationships, shifting from “convenience” to longer term “commitment.https://www.landcan.org/article/Local-Meat-and-Poultry-Processing--The-Importance-of-Business-Commitments-for--LongTerm-Viability/1282/

 

Bobwhite Basics Brochure

By: National Bobwhite Technical Committee
Bobwhite Basics is an explanation of what bobwhite quail require for habitat, food and the land management practices that create or maintain their habitat.https://www.landcan.org/article/Bobwhite-Basics-Brochure/1435/

 

Species Exterpation

By: Robert R. Williams
Local Wildlife Extinction Southern New Jersey Pine Chickens Ruffed Grouse https://www.landcan.org/article/Species-Exterpation/1448/

 

BEYOND THE BIRDS AND THE BEES Effects of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Agriculturally Important Beneficial Invertebrates

By: Jennifer Hopwood, Scott Hoffman Black, Mace Vaughan, and Eric Lee-Mäder
A comprehensive review of published articles and research that demonstrates risks from neonicotinoids to beneficial invertebrates other than bees (i.https://www.landcan.org/article/BEYOND-THE-BIRDS-AND-THE-BEES-Effects-of-Neonicotinoid-Insecticides-on-Agriculturally-Important-Beneficial-Invertebrates/1506/

 

Swimming Upstream - Freshwater Fish in a Warming World

By: Amanda Staudt, Doug Inkley, Aliya Rubinstein, Eli Walton, and Jack Williams
National Wildlife Federation report.https://www.landcan.org/article/Swimming-Upstream--Freshwater-Fish-in-a-Warming-World/1512/

 

Conserving Habitat Through the Federal Farm Bill - A Guide for Land Trusts and Landowners

By: Aimee Weldon, Randall Gray, Ferd Hoefner, Brad Redlin, Izaak Walton, and Judy Boshoven
https://www.landcan.org/article/Conserving-Habitat-Through-the-Federal-Farm-Bill--A-Guide-for-Land-Trusts-and-Landowners-/1516/

 

Restoring the Narrative of American Envirionmentalism

By: Ben A. Minteer and Stephen J. Pyne
The conventional narrative of American environmentalism is no longer very helpful for conservationists and restorationists seeking philosophical justification and guidance for their work.https://www.landcan.org/article/Restoring-the-Narrative-of-American-Envirionmentalism/1131/