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Grounding United States policies and programs in soil carbon science: strengths, limitations, and opportunities

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
The advent of “natural climate solutions” and “climate smart agriculture” has increased interest in managing agricultural lands to sequester soil carbon and mitigate climate change.
Danielle L. Gelardi, Daniel Rath, Chad E. Kruger   +2 more
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Prediction of Daily Global Solar Radiation by Daily Temperatures and Artificial Neural Networks in Different Climates [PDF]

Journal of Agricultural Machinery, 2018
Introduction Global solar radiation is the sum of direct, diffuse, and reflected solar radiation. Weather forecasts, agricultural practices, and solar equipment development are three major fields that need proper information about solar radiation ...
S. I Saedi, R Alimardani, H Mousazadeh
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Economic and Environmental Impacts of Washington State Biofuel Policy Alternatives

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011
A computable general equilibrium model is used to analyze the effectiveness of policy alternatives at achieving biofuel-related goals in Washington State.
Michael McCullough, David W. Holland, Kathleen M. Painter, Leroy Stodick, Jonathan K. Yoder   +4 more
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Conserving Working Rangelands: A Social–Ecological Case Study from Northeastern Colorado

Land, 2021
Land changes in rangeland systems cascade through interconnected social and ecological spheres, affecting both humans and the environment. This study applied a multi-method approach to examine the causes and consequences of change in two rangeland ...
Jasmine E. Bruno, Stephen J. Leisz, Jake S. Bobula, María E. Fernández-Giménez   +3 more
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Transcriptome Sequencing Identified Genes and Gene Ontologies Associated with Early Freezing Tolerance in Maize

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016
Originating in a tropical climate, maize has faced great challenges as cultivation has expanded to the majority of the world's temperate zones. In these zones, frost and cold temperatures are major factors that prevent maize from reaching its full yield ...
Zhao Li, Zhao Li, Guanghui Hu, Guanghui Hu, Guanghui Hu, Xiangfeng Liu, Yao Zhou, Yao Zhou, Yu Li, Xu Zhang, Xiaohui Yuan, Xiaohui Yuan, Qian Zhang, Deguang Yang, Tianyu Wang, Zhiwu Zhang, Zhiwu Zhang   +16 more
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Development and Evaluation of an Introductory Course in Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2014
The purpose of this paper is to describe the development, instruction, and evaluation of the undergraduate pilot course, Introduction to Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems (SFBS), at Montana State University.
Kate Malone, Alison H. Harmon, William E. Dyer, Bruce D. Maxwell, Catherine A. Perillo   +4 more
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A qualitative investigation of resilience among small farms in western Washington State

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2022
The 2020 growing season presented new and sig­nificant challenges for farmers and farms across the United States as they navigated the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dani Ladyka, Yona Sipos, Marie Spiker, Sarah Collier   +3 more
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Estimated Residential Exposure to Agricultural Chemicals and Premature Mortality by Parkinson’s Disease in Washington State [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between estimated residential exposure to agricultural chemical application and premature mortality from Parkinson’s disease (PD) in Washington State. Washington State mortality records for 2011–2015 were geocoded using residential addresses, and classified as having exposure to agricultural land ...
Mariah Caballero, Solmaz Amiri, Justin T. Denney, Pablo Monsivais, Perry Hystad, Ofer Amram   +5 more
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Plant Control Drives Shifts in Plant-Associated Bacterial Communities with Nitrogen Fertilization in a Pea–Canola Intercropping System

Phytobiomes Journal
Efforts to reduce the use of nitrogen fertilizers have been increasing due to their environmental consequences on soil and ecosystem health. Legume–non-legume intercropping systems have been proven as a method to reduce the use of nitrogen fertilizers ...
Janice M. Parks, Braeden J. Stiffler, Maren L. Friesen   +2 more
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Occupational ATV-related injuries in Washington State's agricultural industry, 2004–2008 [PDF]

Injury Prevention, 2012
Background All-terrain vehicles (ATV) are used in many work applications and are associated with work-related injury and deaths. Objective To describe injuries and WC costs among agriculture workers hurt using ATVs at work.
Helmkamp Jim, Bonauto Dave, Spann Cody, Aitken Mary   +3 more
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