The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crops Research Initiative is funding the work, which includes $4.2 million in matching funds from onion growers, universities and seed companies.
The study is evaluating whether integrating solar panels on farms would be a cost benefit to farmers and growers.
A CSU team found strong links between short-term exposure to air pollution and aggressive behavior, in the form of aggravated assaults and other violent crimes.
The Irrigation Innovation Consortium’s goal is to help farmers and landscapers do more with less, by combining the practical knowledge of industry with the academic expertise of universities.
The Nutrient Network is a coordinated research effort across five continents quantifying the effects of pollution and altered grazing patterns on grassland ecosystems.
Every week, Maxwell Freed is on a horse at the Temple Grandin Equine Center in Denver.
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.
Engle accepted the award in July during the American Society of Animal Science-Canadian Society of Animal Science annual meeting in Austin, Texas.
Microbiome scientist Kelly Wrighton is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Wrighton was cited for her outstanding success in studying the genomics and biogeochemistry of soil and deep subsurface microbiomes.