Researchers are looking belowground to address atmospheric carbon, using soils as a tool for climate mitigation.
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To help improve the process on both sides of the fence, Colorado State University researchers have received a $1 million grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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The recent study from Colorado State University’s Department of Soil and Crop Sciences found that regenerative practices — including integrating crop and livestock systems — were successful as long-term carbon storage solutions.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe and other EPA staffers visited the Agricultural Research and Development Center to learn more about CSU’s commitment to advancing the science of sustainable agricultural systems and accelerating agriculture’s climate resiliency.
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Research from CSU and the USDA show that vaccines and social distancing are effective at limiting the spread of COVID-19 within and between wildland fire incidents, as well as reducing its impact on the wildland firefighting workforce.
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The College of Agricultural Sciences is funding six research proposals in the areas of agrivoltaics and climate resiliency.
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A Colorado State University study suggests that adding legumes to crop rotations can help rebuild healthy soils.
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The researchers are testing an emerging gene-silencing technology for controlling herbicide-resistant weeds.
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The team is developing materials that function as chemical sorbents, similar to sponges, for the precise removal and recovery of certain nutrients from municipal and agricultural wastewater.
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Over the last several months, a CSU research team has teamed with Woodwell Climate Research Center on a Colorado-based project aimed at helping managers of rangelands, which cover large areas of both public and private lands, understand and monitor the delicate carbon balances across their grazed landscapes.
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Upending long-held theories, CSU researchers offer new insights into the role of polyphenols in the soil microbiome.
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CSU is a founding partner in a $110 million U.S. Department of Energy research network, the National Alliance for Water Innovation, focused on treatment and reuse technologies for wastewater, seawater and other untapped sources.
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Researchers aim to turn the tide against the fungus Cytospora, which for decades has wreaked havoc among peach orchards across the Western Slope.
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The International Weed Genomics Consortium, comprising 17 academic partners across seven countries, assembles a global community of experts who will develop genomic tools that fundamentally advance humanity’s approach to weeds and crops.
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Nearly a year of social distancing and economic disruptions has triggered both subtle and seismic shifts in how Americans are buying or getting food, and researchers from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics have documented those shifts.
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The Department of Animal Sciences and industry partners create Beef Sticks for Backpacks program.
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Faculty and students at CSU are tapping their extensive expertise in a multi-disciplinary approach to optimize Wagyu breeding through advanced genetics, genomics, animal health and nutrition.
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A new report from an interdisciplinary group of researchers at Colorado State University spotlights how the state’s craft breweries adapted to the introduction of full-strength beer into Colorado grocery and convenience stores in 2019.
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As part of a $482,642 grant from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), researchers at Colorado State University studied emergency food provisions that serve children and families in five U.S. cities during the pandemic.
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The model demonstrates potential risks and worst-case scenarios COVID-19 poses for the fire management community.
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The researchers will also examine shifts in school-based emergency food service provisions resulting from COVID-19 shutdowns.
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The study is evaluating whether integrating solar panels on farms would be a cost benefit to farmers and growers.
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CSU celebrated the opening of its new Arkansas Valley Campus in Rocky Ford.
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Last fall, the CoAXium Wheat Production System became commercially available to farmers in Colorado, where more than 2 million acres of wheat grows across the eastern plains.
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CSU researchers will continue exploring best practices for strong, disease-resistant potato crops in Colorado and beyond.
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