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Prepare Summer Soils with a Mulch Blanket

2019-05-21 00:28:07| PortlandOnline

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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Mulch Till

2016-11-21 14:00:52| National Farmers Union

By Alexis Dunnum, NFU Intern In previous blog posts, the NFU Climate Column covered both no-till and strip-till practices as climate friendly alternatives to conventional methods. Both of these alternative conservation tilling methods allow the soil to retain more water than conventional methods, giving crops the opportunity to thrive even during dry spells. Yet another of […]

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Wood mulch can help in climate change fight

2016-06-14 13:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

PhysOrg: In a recent study undertaken in Kelowna-area apple orchards and vineyards, UBC researchers discovered that using mulch in agriculture can cut nitrous oxide emissions up to 28 per cent. "In addition to saving water, improving soil, combatting pests and stopping weeds, wood mulch actually reduces the release of a greenhouse gas 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide," says Craig Nichol, senior instructor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at UBC's Okanagan campus. "Provided you are not driving...

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Firefighters battle mulch fire in Lebanon

2015-12-08 02:33:01| Chemicals - Topix.net

The fire ignited at Scotts Co. on Industrial Road and reached a first alarm around 5:30 am, according to the volunteer fire department.

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ASTM Standard helps test new kinds of erosion-control mulch.

2015-11-25 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

D7986, Practice for Preparing Specimens of Hydraulic Erosion Control Products for Index Property Testing, is the first step toward quantifying physical properties of hydraulic erosion control products in a laboratory. Sprayed on the ground as mulch, HECPs are a newer type of product that both protect against erosion and help establish vegetation. Standard will help determine the critical properties of HECPs that can be used to ensure that construction sites are using quality products.

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