Researchers have developed a new material that helps remove phosphorus from field runoff and then doubles as a fertilizer. Wei Zheng, Principal Research Scientist at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, part of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois, says designer biochar is for use in woodchip bioreactors at the edge of fields. […]
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The vice president of government affairs at the National Pork Producers Council says an extension of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement would benefit
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