Recently added articles from Agriculture Business Week:
Switchgrass produces biomass efficiently.
Dec 24, 2009 ... A USDOE and USDA study concluded that 50 million U.S. acres of cropland, idle cropland, and cropland pasture could be converted from current uses to the production of perennial grasses, such as switchgrass, from which biomass could be harvested for use as a biofuel feedstock. Economically ...
$2 Million in Conservation Funds Available for Organic and Transitioning Growers.
Dec 24, 2009 ... California agricultural producers who are certified organic or transitioning to organic production may qualify for technical and financial assistance through a special initiative administered by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Two million dollars in funding ...
Competitive, trade-friendly nations weather volatile crop yields best.
Dec 24, 2009 ... Richer nations with competitive crop production and few trade barriers would fare the best if climate change, weather events or other factors cause yields of grain and oilseed crops to become more volatile, a new study has found. By these criteria, the United States is poised to ...
Celebrate the Holiday Season with Self-Sustaining Gifts.
Dec 24, 2009 ... Self-sustaining living is becoming more and more popular in the U.S. as families seek to save money and reduce their carbon footprint by growing their own vegetables, raising their own livestock and cooking from scratch. This trend reflects how the majority of people around the world ...
The impact of the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States.
Dec 24, 2009 ... An international group of anthropologists offers a new theory about the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States and the impact it had. Published the week of Dec. 7 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study, co-authored by Gayle Fritz, Ph.D., ...