During a tight-margin year like 2026, understanding soil fertility and identifying yield-limiting factors are keys to ...

A new nitrate-monitoring “lab-on-a-drone” allows for easy, real-time water sampling and analysis in hard-to-reach areas like ...

TRAVERSE CITY — John Socks, representing ShoreNorth Development, has requested to speak at the Traverse City commission meeting on Dec. 15 to present a vision for a new public-private partnership. The ...

Soil salinity significantly constrains agricultural productivity and land sustainability, particularly in irrigated areas. While, remote sensing offers large-scale monitoring capacity, but its ...

Fort Bragg will start soil sampling to assess potential lead levels in the ground around select housing neighborhoods on post. The soil testing follows discussions between the Army and the ...

Smallholder farmers have been taught to restore soil health by learning sustainable farming practices like vermicomposting and integrated pest management. The adoption of these techniques has led to ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Soil organic matter (SOM) interactions with minerals, such as ferrihydrite, are ...

TRAVERSE CITY — A proposed policy to regulate events and activities at the city’s Rotary Square property along Union Street downtown will be considered by the Downtown Development Authority Board.

Ingenious modern-day ship sails are again making headlines. This time, London's Union Maritime is outfitting its Brands Hatch tanker with 123-foot-tall windcatchers that are projected to cut dirty ...

The importance of using reward-based methods to train dogs is widely known, yet some people still use aversive methods. By definition, both reward-based and aversive methods work to change behavior, ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Recent water sampling at five Grand Traverse County beaches has revealed mixed results regarding E. coli levels. Testing conducted on Thursday, June 27, 2025, showed that while ...