Sustainable Agriculture News

Continuum Ag helps farmers implement regenerative agricultural practices and manage soil health.

Cows are known for being good at efficiently digesting and extracting nutrients from materials that other animals cannot. That’s why they’re often fed plant byproducts (stems, shells, etc.) left over after grains...

University of Minnesota students' ReToast cookies are made from bread scraps, spent grain from brewing beer, and spent Kernza.

Kansas researchers suggest that accurately quantifying agricultural gas emissions could help in designing cleaner and more productive farms.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are studying cyanobacteria as a potential source for cleaner energy.

Yesterday I told you about General Motors’ big electric vehicle reveals at CES, the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Today I’m bringing you some other technological advances and honors from Midwest companies participating in CES, which...

Good Friday afternoon. Today’s top story is from Ohio State University, where scientists developed a cheaper way to use plants to create biofuel. They used a simpler, less expensive method to create “helper molecules”...

🚀 SPACE: Astronauts aboard the International Space Station recently harvested their first crop of radishes grown with technology developed by Sierra Nevada Corp., reports the Wisconsin State Journal. Employees in Madison, Wisconsin, helped develop the...

Here’s a story that might be a little hard for some people to swallow. But it’s all mind over matter, as the old adage says. Yesterday the Dane County executive joined representatives...