
Ag Matters
Airs during Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Ag Matters is a one-minute segment focused around the value of agriculture, and how it applies to Utahns.
This program is supported by USU's College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.
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By planting clusters of hardy, nutritious plants on grazing lands, ranchers can reduce the greenhouse gases cattle produce, draw carbon from the atmosphere, and improve the diets of their herds.
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The state must build resiliency into its land and water use planning to deal with water scarcity and promote responsible and sustainable growth.
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Small communities are often hit with big city problems like traffic congestion and shortages of affordable housing.
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Data on how different farming techniques remove carbon from the atmosphere have been limited, making it difficult to develop markets for landowners who work to hold carbon in their soil.
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Changes in the sea surface can cause everything from heat waves to extreme storms in the American West, and rising global temperatures often affect those patterns for the worse.
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Keeping a farmer’s fields free of weeds isn’t like removing dandelions from a garden. The sheer size means that herbicides are often necessary, yet those chemicals may harm soil health and pollinators, and they can run off into rivers and groundwater.
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Overgrazing can damage vulnerable rangelands, and the methane and nitrogen cattle emit contributes to rising global temperatures.
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When Navajo people were forced from their land in the 1800s, U.S. government troops destroyed their crops in a starvation campaign that included ripping thousands of peach trees from the soil.
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There’s a saying that there is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. Utah State University equine programs provide…
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Many dogs love to accompany their humans on hikes, and faculty in USU’s School of Veterinary Medicine offer some tips for the trail.Carry enough water for…