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STILLWATER, Okla. — An Oklahoma State University scientist is studying how beneficial microorganisms help plants acquire nutrients. Through an almost $1 million grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Feng Feng, assistant professor in the OSU Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, will study the interactions between plants and beneficial microorganisms. The microbes infect plant […]
ARDEN HILLS, Minn. — Nutritional flushing is a key component to sheep and goat breeding season success. The flushing process involves increasing nutrition and energy intake before breeding season starts. This elevated nutrition helps optimize ovulation, conception and embryo implantation rates, which can result in a higher lambing or kidding percentage. “Implementing a flushing program […]
WASHINGTON — Planting cover crops like cereal rye is a beneficial agricultural practice. One of their many benefits is to cover soil for times when farmers cannot plant cash crops like corn and soy – over the winter, for example. But it is not as simple as just growing cover crops in between growing seasons. Farmers […]