Author name: Denise Attaway

Doctural Candidate Receives Endowment To Help Fund Organic Field Pea Research

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Written by Denise Attaway, Clemson University, South Carolina USA Phosphorous is one of six essential nutrients for plants and a Clemson University doctoral candidate wants to show farmers how organically growing cereal and pulse crops can improve nutrition while lowering production costs. Sarah Powers is a doctoral candidate in the Clemson Plant and Environmental Sciences …

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Farmers Learn The Science Of Soil Health At Clemson Conference

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Written by DENISE ATTAWAY, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA Healthy crops begin with healthy soil and researchers with the Clemson University’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program are teaching farmers how they can benefit from keeping their soils fit. The researchers teamed up with other agricultural professionals and farmers who have implemented soil health …

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Cover Crops Can Increase Soil Moisture By As Much As 10 Percent

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Written by Denise Attaway, College of Agriculture, Clemson University, South Carolina South Carolina soils are old and weathered, and Clemson University researchers are working with the Richland Soil andWater District and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service to teach thepublic how growing cover crops can help rejuvenate and put some life …

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