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Mature forests store nitrogen in soil: May help protect waterways from excess nitrogen from industry
2014-10-24 02:51:53| Agriculture - Topix.net
Ecologists working in central Pennsylvania forests have found that forest top soils capture and stabilize the powerful fertilizer nitrogen quickly, within days, but release it slowly, over years to decades. The discrepancy in rates means that nitrogen can build up in soils.
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Jeffrey Fowle, freed from N. Korea, back on American soil
2014-10-22 15:11:09| Apparel - Topix.net
North Korea has freed Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans detained by the country, and he is being flown home to his family, Washington said on Tuesday, amid growing international pressure on Pyongyang over its human rights record. North Korea has been on a diplomatic campaign to counter charges by a U.N. body that highlighted widespread human rights abuses and a move by some U.N. members to refer the state to an international tribunal.
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Cover crop benefits: Help ground water, prevent erosion, build soil quality
2014-10-10 18:51:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: The Fertilizer Institute Also adding to farm sustainability, cover crops complement existing best management practices. Cover crops offer many benefits to farmers, says Eileen Kladivko, an agronomist and cover crops specialist with Purdue University. Some of the benefits include: improved nitrogen use and water quality, erosion prevention, better soil quality, weed suppression and enhanced wildlife habitat. read more
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The Solution Is the Soil: How Organic Farming Can Feed the World and Save the Planet
2014-10-10 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecology: ne man, backed by many, marches on Washington to tell lawmakers and the world that 'there is hope right beneath our feet.` Just over a week ago, the executive director of the Rodale Institute, Mark 'Coach` Smallwood, set out from the group`s research farm in eastern Pennsylvania on a 160-mile journey to Washington, DC with a walking stick, a brimmed hat, and a simple but profound message: We can not only stop climate change. We can reverse it. When Smallwood makes his expected arrival in the...
Soil Management Added to BPEX Pig App
2014-10-09 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Four new video clips on soil management for outdoor pig units have been added to the BPEX Practical Pig App and website.
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