by Admin | Oct 14, 2022 | LTAR News
Recent increases in fertilizer prices along with supply chain disruptions have resulted in grave challenges for agrifood production from field to plate. Using animal manure in place of commercial fertilizer is a promising strategy that turns agricultural waste... by Admin | Sep 29, 2022 | LTAR News
This year, the top award in this category, the Herbert L. Rothbart Outstanding Early Career Research Scientist, goes to Sheri Spiegal, a research rangeland management specialist at ARS’s Range Management Research Unit in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Spiegal is being... by Admin | Jan 10, 2022 | LTAR News
A new handbook, Snowtography: Snowpack & Soil Moisture Monitoring aims to put snowmelt and soil moisture data directly into the hands of ranchers, small farmers and other stakeholders in the western U.S. The handbook describes the importance of snow monitoring and... by Admin | Nov 29, 2021 | LTAR News
ARS partnered with technology leaders, academia, and USDA to create the Partnership for Data Innovation to focus on addressing the biggest challenges facing the agricultural community. One project involves using data innovation to help save the billion-dollar citrus... by Admin | Sep 24, 2021 | LTAR News
Central Plains Experimental Range Ranchers have traditionally moved their cattle from the rangeland to feedlots in October in order to maximize their profits; a decision made based on rangeland conditions at that time of year. However, forecasting that move has become... by Admin | Sep 23, 2021 | LTAR News
Getting a fix on the timing of seasonal plant events like fruiting or leaf senescence could get easier to do, thanks to time-series images captured by PhenoCams—tower-mounted digital cameras operated by scientists participating in the Long-Term Agroecosystem Research...
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