it is a very environmentally conscious crop plant, in my opinion,” he said. “They’re all sorts of benefits to alfalfa other than just economics.” For one, he said, alfalfa is a perennial crop that ...

Fall is in full swing, and, for many people, that means raking leaves. But, what if you just left them on the ground?

We’re making a lot of progress, but we're not yet solving the climate problem,” said David Victor, professor of public policy ...

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The company that has been cited in Newton and McDonald counties for overapplication of sludge on farm fields and for problems with storage lagoons in Southwest Missouri has been fined by the ...

"The core issue," explains Dr. Bruno Basso, a professor of environmental science at Michigan State University, who was not involved in the study, "is that the soil-plant-atmosphere system is extremely ...

BRICK, N.J. -- With wildfires burning after its driest September and October ever, New Jersey will issue a drought warning, a ...

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Katie Butler, director of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, said regulators aim to change that with ...

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