Tag - 2024

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a bag of biochar

Researching biochar as a soil additive to increase profits, yields

Researchers at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Agricultural Research Station have found ways to solve two major challenges related to soil contamination and sub-optimal growth through the use of biochar – charcoal made from biomass. Biochar products can be used as a sustainable soil additive to capture agricultural chemicals. The product is added through conventional tillage and helps degrade [...]

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Interactive tool teaches youth, adults horse safety

An interactive module is teaching both youths and adults safety practices when working with horses. The New Mexico State University Innovative Media and Research Extension team has developed a web-based interactive module available for computers or tablets as well as formal classroom settings to effectively teach proper how-to techniques to safely catch, halter and release a horse in a [...]

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a woman wearing PPE sprays pesticides on a tree

Proper clothes laundering lowers pesticide risk

Without proper safety precautions, pesticides may harm people. Farmers and others may become exposed to pesticides from residue on work clothing. In a survey of pesticide applicators conducted by University of Minnesota Extension, only 15% of applicators said they follow pesticide labels for clothing selection. Because 45% of respondents had someone else wash their contaminated clothing, those family members may [...]

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Strengthening, beautifying turfgrass on the pitch

Natural grass is used in 70% of all soccer stadiums and practice fields in Mexico. However, turfgrass managers lacked professional, research-based support for managing these fields. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension was invited to help develop a certification system that trained more than 200 turfgrass professionals in Mexico’s premier soccer leagues — Liga MX, the top professional men’s soccer division, [...]

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