Agriculture

  2013 MAY 23 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Agriculture Week -- New research on Nitrogen is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Peterborough, Canada, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "The spatial and temporal distribution of ambient atmospheric gaseous reactive nitrogen (Nr) species concentrations (ammonia [NH3], nitrogen dioxide [NO2] and nitric acid [HNO3]) were measured at the field scale in an intensive agricultural region in southern Ontario, Canada. Atmospheric concentrations were measured with the Willems badge diffusive passive sampler (18 sites for NH3, 9 sites for NO2 and HNO3) for one year (April 2010-March 2011; under a two week measurement frequency) within a 15 km x 15 km area. ...read more

  2013 MAY 21 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at China Weekly News -- Fresh data on Nitrogen are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Baoding, People's Republic of China, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "In 2010, Chinese maize yields increased from 961.5 kg ha(-1) in 1949 to 5 453.8 kg ha(-1). This increase is the result of genetic improvements, an increase in nitrogen application, and refinement of planting densities. ...read more

  2013 MAY 16 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Agriculture Week -- Fresh data on Nitrogen are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in The Hague, Netherlands, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Cost-benefit analysis can be used to provide guidance for emerging policy priorities in reducing nitrogen (N) pollution. This paper provides a critical and comprehensive assessment of costs and benefits of the various flows of N on human health, ecosystems and climate stability in order to identify major options for mitigation. ...read more