In an agrivoltaic system, solar panels provide partial shade for the crops being grown below, which can help protect plants from heat extremes. To explore new ideas and initiate novel research programs, the College of Agricultural Sciences is funding six research...
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet tours the Agricultural Research Demonstration and Education Center (ARDEC) at Colorado State University. May 27, 2022. Photos by John Eisele/CSU From solar panels to soil science, Colorado State University’s efforts to use agriculture to help...
On Wednesday, April 29, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Agricultural Experiment Station celebrated the annual CAS/AES Awards. After two years of conducting the ceremony virtually, the event was hosted in the new Nutrien Agricultural Sciences Building....
Rebecca Even and Angie Moore, research associates in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, separate soil cores by depth. Photo courtesy of Laura van der Pol. The legume family is great at fixing nitrogen, a biochemical process that moves nitrogen from the air into...
Every day, hundreds of billions of gallons of a precious, dwindling natural resource, fresh water, is used for agricultural irrigation, energy extraction and more. The demand for novel sources of clean water, in the face of a growing population and a warming planet,...
For more than two decades, Colorado State University has been at the forefront of soil carbon science. “There’s a long history of agroecosystems work here at CSU,” said Keith Paustian, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Soil and Crop...
