Plants need to adapt to challenges like drought, heat, and pests to survive, and scientists use this understanding to improve crops through genetic solutions. With a growing population and changing climate, it’s crucial to harness plant adaptation for boosting...
Researchers are looking belowground to address atmospheric carbon, using soils as a tool for climate mitigation. Accessing roots and soils has historically required some creative problem-solving to take a deeper look at the rhizosphere, or the soil around a root...
Since 1981, Colorado State University’s Ag Day has celebrated food, football and CSU’s “Ag Family” — producers, supporters, and consumers of Colorado agriculture. This year’s Nutrien Ag Day BBQ took place on Saturday, Sept. 30, prior to the CSU Rams vs. Utah Tech...
Earthworms are important drivers of global food production, contributing to approximately 6.5% of grain yield and 2.3% of legumes produced worldwide each year, according to new work published by Colorado State University scientists in the journal Nature...
Find more photos on the College of Agricultural Sciences Flickr page. More than 1,750 FFA students from around the state competed in the Colorado Career Development Events, hosted at Colorado State University’s Fort Collins campus. The College of Agricultural...
CSU Ph.D. student Harley Combs examines hydroponically grown lettuce. As water becomes increasingly scarce in the American West, a group of university and industry partners has been pursuing innovations in the largest use of this key resource: agricultural...