Best management practices (BMPs) for reducing agricultural non-point source pollution are
widely available. However, agriculture remains a major global contributor to degradation of …

Losses of nitrogen from agriculture are a major threat to environmental and human health at
local, regional and global scales. Emerging evidence shows that climate change and …

A grand challenge facing humanity is how to produce food for a growing population in the
face of a changing climate and environmental degradation. Although empirical evidence …

Cover crops are known to promote many aspects of soil and water quality, yet estimates find
that in 2012 only 2.3% of the total agricultural lands in the Midwestern USA were using cover …

Cropping system diversity can help build greater agroecosystem resilience by suppressing
insect, weed, and disease pressures while also mitigating effects of extreme and more …

Farming systems that support locally diverse agricultural production and high levels of
biodiversity are in rapid decline, despite evidence of their benefits for climate, environmental …

Humanity faces a triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss, and global food insecurity.
In response, increasing the general adaptive capacity of farming systems is essential. We …

Ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture have been
set by both national governments and their respective livestock sectors. We hypothesize that …

The concept of ecosystem services was originally developed to illustrate the benefits that
natural ecosystems generate for society and to raise awareness for biodiversity and …

Nitrogen fertilizer use in agriculture is associated with water pollution and greenhouse gas
emissions. While practices and programs to reduce nitrogen fertilizer application continue to …