Focus Areas
Advancing science through research, education, and outreach.
Next-Generation N-Smart Varieties
Advance crops with biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) traits to improve nitrogen use efficiency, reduce fertilizer inputs, protect water quality, and lower nitrous oxide emissions. Our focus crops include sorghum, maize, wheat, and cover crops.
Soil Health and Regenerative Agriculture
Advance soil health systems that build organic matter, improve water-use efficiency, and sustain long-term productivity through field-tested regenerative practices tailored to diverse agricultural and forest working lands.
Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Modeling
Develop field-scale monitoring and modeling approaches to quantify greenhouse gas fluxes, evaluate management outcomes, and support robust reporting, analysis, and decision-making across agricultural and forest systems.
Methane: Livestock and Rice
Advance measurement and mitigation strategies to reduce methane emissions from livestock and flooded rice systems while maintaining productivity, system efficiency, and environmental performance.
Manure Management and Composting
Develop manure management and composting strategies that reduce emissions, improve nutrient utilization, and protect water quality across livestock and integrated farming systems, from on-farm storage to cropland application.
Emerging Area: Enhanced Weathering
We develop and evaluate promising innovations that strengthen working lands over time. Current emerging areas include enhanced weathering, which applies finely ground minerals to promote beneficial soil processes and capture carbon.
