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Research and Education Reveals Sustainable Cost-Cutting Option for Forage Production

Bermudagrass has long served as a cornerstone forage for hay production and livestock grazing in the Southeastern United States, but nitrogen fertilizer used in its production is a costly input that can pose risks to soil, water and air quality.  In response, Auburn University’s Dr. Leanne Dillard spearheaded a Southern SARE Research and Education grant […]

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Biofertilizers in High Elevation Meadows

Livestock producers in the high elevation areas of Wyoming and Colorado depend on hay meadows for their forage production.  Because of limited precipitation and low fertility, producers have routinely practiced flood irrigation in these meadows and apply high rates of nitrogen fertilizer to guarantee sufficient production. Yet, these integral meadows are underperforming, expensive to manage, […]

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From Vertical Farms to Outer Space

Research projects can at times lead to unanticipated results. While working to identify an alternative and sustainable source of carbon dioxide (CO2) generation for enriching plant chambers within the growing vertical farming industry as a graduate student at the University of Arizona, Justin Chung discovered the potential benefits for sustaining astronauts in long duration missions. […]

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Idaho Student Researchers Work to Eradicate Pale Cyst Nematode

When the pale cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, was discovered in southeastern Idaho in 2006, potato exports in Idaho and the United States were severely impacted. The nematode, which can devastate a potato crop, is a quarantine pest regulated by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The Idaho infestation is found within […]

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Northeast SARE's Newest Grant Program - From the Director's Desk

While traditionally seen as a characteristic of the rural landscape, our summer tour revealed that the rural/urban dichotomy surrounding agriculture is perhaps in flux. When defining what is rural and what is urban, population density is usually primary.  But if we compare rural and urban environments in terms of low income and low food access, there are great similarities. In both spaces, food security can be challenged by economics, proximity to retail centers, transportation etc.

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Producer Partnerships Demonstrate the Benefits of Integrated Systems: Increased Profits and Soil Health

In the semiarid climate of the Great Plains, persistent drought is increasingly contributing to crop failure and soil erosion. A recent North Central SARE Research and Education grant in Kansas demonstrated how integrating crops, livestock and cover crops could help some producers offset revenue loss and failing crops.  Kansas State University’s Dr. Augustine Obour partnered […]