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...
An international coalition co-led by Colorado State University has announced a $19 million research project aimed at understanding how a farmer or rancher’s grazing management decisions impact soil health on pasture and rangeland (commonly called grazing lands)...
CSU researchers, in collaboration with Woodwell Climate Research Center, are developing a rangeland carbon tracking tool for land managers. Video and photos by Ron Bend. The United States’ 770 million acres of rangelands have been home to many generations of grazing...
When people think about climate change and its impact on agriculture, it’s usually centered more around what’s coming out of the ground than what’s grazing on it. “There’s a lot of interest in the impacts of climate change on agriculture. But for the most part,...
