Environment

A Primitive, Non-Photosynthesizing Microbe Still Had The Precursor Of Photosynthesis

A primitive, non-photosynthesizing microbe, Methanospirillum hungatei, which is thought to have existed since before the development of photosynthesis, possess genes similar to those that play a role in photosynthesis, finds a new study. Photosynthesis, cr ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2017 - 1:50pm

Why Vegetable Farmers Aren't On Board The No-Till Train

No-till farming uses cover crops to conserve soil and suppress weeds but many vegetable producers haven't embraced it yet. The reason is simple; small-seeded vegetable crops struggle to emerge through thick cover crop residues. A recent program sought ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 18 2017 - 10:03pm

Citrus Greening Disease Continues To Spread

Since being found in Florida just a little more than a year and a half ago, citrus greening disease, which originated in China a century ago, has spread from 8 to 23 counties. The disease, called Huanglongbing (yellow shoot) in Asia, is spread by the bacte ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2017 - 10:04am

Association Created Between Texas Weather, Monarch Butterflies And Glyphosate

A paper has linked Monarch butterfly populations to glyphosate- but only when it was first used, and not when it was most heavily used. It also linked the populations to seasonal variation. That is to be expected, except since it's 2017, they try to c ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2017 - 11:04am

New Perspectives On The U.S. Corn Belt

The nighttime satellite photos of the Earth reveal much about the population distribution of the developed world through the intensity of the artificial lighting being observed. ...

Article - David LePoire - Jun 23 2017 - 1:49pm

An Open Letter to California's State Water Control Board on Perchlorate

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Blog Post - Norm Benson - Jul 11 2017 - 12:22pm

Analogies in Major Historical Transitions

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Blog Post - David LePoire - Jul 16 2017 - 3:23pm

Even The Smell Of A Predator Can Cause Animal Extinction

There is ongoing concern about species extinction but it isn't just the fact that 99.999% of species have never been cataloged, so it's impossible to know how many are extinct, it's that Mother Nature may cause it long before we could. A new ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 24 2017 - 6:07pm

If Regular Farming Is Now "Factory" Style, Why Do Only 0.4% Of Farms Pay Estate Taxes?

The President has declared he is against the Estate tax, and he is not alone. For decades it has seemed punitive to levy a special tax on wealth people already paid taxes on just because the person who paid the taxes died.  In North Dakota, President Trump ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 8 2017 - 1:23pm

USDA Scolds National Organic Program For Lax Enforcement

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General recently did an audit of the National Organic Program, which is part of its Agricultural Marketing Services group. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 22 2017 - 10:20am