In most fields, corn residue remaining after grain harvest is incorporated into the soil with tillage or is left on the soil surface. But corn residue is also becoming a commodity. It’s ...

Biochar, produced from crop residues through pyrolysis, enhances soil fertility, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and ...

“One is the crop residue decomposition, breaking down the stalks,” Keeran told Farm Journal. “Second, Reclaim helps farmers capture all the nutrients built up inside that crop residu ...

Organic amendments are often derived from animal wastes or plant residues. Like the crop residues from the earlier example, the organic N in these materials is not plant available and must be ...

The carbon-13 isotope signature helps quantify crop residue incorporation for soil stabilization and fertility enhancement. This technique can also assess the effects of conservation measures, such as ...

New research shows emissions from crop residue burning (CRB) in Punjab and Haryana contributed only 14% to overall fine particulate matter or fine particles in nearby Delhi 1. Fine particles have ...

The key challenges hindering the growth of a biofuel-based farm economy are issues of pricing of crop residue as well as its aggregation, transport and storage. During a panel discussion ...