Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, in Sidney, Montana, recently completed a study that shows the use of continuous cropping systems can better sustain crop yields while reducing greenhouse gas emissions in semi-arid regions.
Scientists seek production, protection balance
A scientist is sampling gas to evaluate the effect of long-term dryland cropping systems on greenhouse gas emissions and crop yields in the U.S. northern Great Plains.
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