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Get DEEP with Feed Denver's Soil & Food Film Fest
2015-02-14 12:08:48| Agriculture - Topix.net
Soil. The subject is huge. and, you might say, all around us. In honor of the UN Year of Soils we will explore the state of our soils and the food producing agriculture industry through a MONTHLY film and discussion .
5 questions to ask farmers about soil health
2015-02-13 15:16:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: NRCS More farmers, ranchers and others who rely on the land are taking action to improve the health of their soil. Many farmers are actually building the soil. How? By using soil health management systems that include cover crops, diverse rotations and no-till. read more
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Forest fires may resurrect radioactive soil near Chernobyl
2015-02-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: When the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded in 1986, some 85 petabecquerels of radioactive cesium was released into the atmosphere and surrounding environs. Researchers believe somewhere between 2 and 8 PBq is still lingering in the soil and forest debris that surrounds the disaster site. Scientists have long feared that forest fires could send leftover radiation back into the atmosphere as radioactive leaves and other dead and dry plant material burn up -- traces of cesium wafting skyward...
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Farmer uses no-till, twin rows, crop strips, RTK, controlled traffic to keep soil healthy, yields up
2015-02-05 19:41:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Fencerow farming: Put soil first Dean Glenney set out to replicate the undisturbed fencerow soils he recalled plowing up in his youth. Along the way, he began producing record-breaking yields under low inputs, giving him returns considerably greater than neighboring conventional systems. read more
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Supports ULA Delta II Launch of Soil...
2015-02-01 15:44:21| Automakers - Topix.net
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp company, helped propel the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, carrying the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite into orbit for NASA so scientists can better understand the Earth's water, carbon and energy cycles. SMAP was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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