ag research NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 ag research Fri, 17 Sep 2021 21:17:34 +0000 https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Jonathan Ahl Agriculture is responsible for more than 10% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and some in the industry are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. One of those efforts is replacing the kind of crushed rock farmers use to neutralize their soil’s acidity, from limestone to basalt. Scientists are running tests in fields around the world to see if the swap will work to keep the soil healthy, increase yield and reduce agriculture's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/changing-rock-dust-applied-farm-fields-could-help-reduce-carbon-emissions 1041 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Thu, 02 Sep 2021 19:17:32 +0000 Changing The Rock Dust Applied To Farm Fields Could Help Reduce Carbon Emissions Jonathan Ahl Two Professors at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla are working on using soybean oil to replace a mixture of water and petroleum in industrial metal cutting. The fluid is needed to lubricate and cool metals in industries including automotive, aerospace and medical manufacturing. Right now, it takes buckets of the oil-water mix to do the job, and the researchers think they can replace that with just a few drops of soybean oil. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/researchers-looking-soybean-oil-improve-industrial-metal-cutting 899 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Sat, 22 Aug 2020 16:24:39 +0000 Researchers Looking To Soybean Oil To Improve Industrial Metal Cutting Amy Mayer At the edge of a corn field on a clear but windy June day, microbiologist Tom Moorman lifts a metal lid and reveals a collection of bottles, tubes, meters and cables in a shallow pit. The system is designed to capture runoff from 24 plots. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/we-have-one-earth-researchers-work-boost-farm-production-without-causing-more-harm 876 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:05:22 +0000 'We have one Earth': Researchers Work To Boost Farm Production Without Causing More Harm Frank Morris (This story was updated at 5:15 p.m.) The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans Thursday to move headquarters of two large research agencies from Washington, D.C., to the Kansas City area, promising the region more than 550 research jobs. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/federal-farm-research-offices-set-move-dc-kansas-city 740 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:03:55 +0000 Federal Farm Research Offices Set To Move From D.C. To Kansas City Luke X. Martin When Uhunoma Amayo found out his science experiment was one of just 34 selected to be carried out this spring on the International Space Station, he was shocked. "They pulled me out of class," says Amayo, a seventh-grader at Coronado Middle School in Kansas City, Kansas. "I was dumbfounded." Amayo is one of four students at Coronado who designed the experiment, which will explore whether mint grows as well in orbit as it does here on earth. "During our research we found that mint is really good for calming and just soothing the body," says Amayo. "So we proposed mint for the benefit of the astronauts." Their proposal was good enough to be included in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program , sponsored by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education . The program has facilitated 13 missions to deliver student experiments to be carried out in low-Earth orbit. This is the first time a school in Kansas City, Kansas, https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/does-mint-grow-space-these-kansas-city-kansas-middle-schoolers-are-eager-find-out 672 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:04:54 +0000 Does Mint Grow In Space? These Kansas City, Kansas, Middle-Schoolers Are Eager To Find Out Erica Hunzinger Updated Aug. 22, 2018 — Two research arms of the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be moving out of Washington, D.C. Three of Missouri’s U.S. representatives and one from Kansas said Kansas City is the perfect place for those agencies. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/missouri-congressional-delegation-usda-move-your-research-here 572 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Fri, 17 Aug 2018 21:28:11 +0000 Kansas City-Area Congressional Delegation To USDA: Move Your Research Here