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The future of ag is now
This special report from SOURCE explores the breadth of multidisciplinary, agricultural work happening at CSU — a place where researchers, students and food producers can all gather around a kind of university-wide table to acknowledge the vital importance of ag in Colorado and beyond.
NSF-backed research seeks to provide new, precise irrigation tools to producers
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at CSU are working with farmers to proactively schedule and better monitor irrigation use in their fields using sensors, satellite imagery and deep learning technology.
Cattle and climate change: A conversation about the importance of measuring cattle methane emissions
A wicked problem. That’s how Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, director of CSU’s AgNext program, describes the challenge of meeting the nutritional needs of a growing population and ensuring food production is resilient, even with limited resources.
If the wells run dry: CSU researchers analyze what could happen if Colorado fails to meet river compact deadline
John Tracy, director of the Colorado Water Center, and Jordan Suter, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, spoke with The Audit about the study and the complicated history of the compact.
Soil health movement takes root in Colorado
Researchers in CSU’s Department of Soil and Crop Sciences are partnering with the new Saving Tomorrow’s Agricultural Resources (STAR) program to help Colorado farmers and ranchers improve their land for future generations.
Managing manure: How a CSU student’s invention could improve the No. 2 problem in stockyards for humans, animals and the planet
During her first year at Colorado State University, Valeria Quintero-Segura went on a tour of CSU’s Agricultural Research and Development Center (ARDEC) and noticed a particular problem: poop.
What is the biggest challenge facing the future of agriculture?
Given CSU’s breadth of expertise in all-things agriculture — from the College of Agricultural Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering and the Office of Extension and Engagement — we asked faculty to consider this important question.
Who is the future of agriculture?
We asked six students about why they were attracted to pursuing careers in this field, what impacts they hope to have and what makes them optimistic about the future of agriculture.