After a fall harvest and before the spring planting season, soil is typically cultivated so it can become more fertile and welcoming for plant growth. All farmers practice at least one type of tillage ...

When large and warty cane toads were first brought to Australia nearly 100 years ago, they had a simple mission: to gobble up beetles and other pests in the sugarcane fields. Today, though, the toads ...

Conservation has long wrestled with a deceptively simple question: not whether to act, but where action will matter most. Forest restoration, protected areas, wildlife corridors, and enforcement ...

Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...

A new program that promotes land conservation efforts through training sessions for female landowners will have its first three events this fall. The Women Landowners Leading Regeneration project is ...

While the conservation practices currently used at the Doyle/Berger Farm work well, Brad Doyle maintains an open-minded attitude in adopting new practices that might offer additional benefits. Brad ...

Soil preparation methods in U.S. agriculture reached a watershed in 1997. Nationally, conservation tillage acres outstripped conventional acres for the first time ever last season, with 37.3% of the ...

Machine generated contents note: Preface xiii 1 Paintings 1 1.1 Cleaning 1 1.2 Varnishes 41 1.3 Methods and Materials for Conservation 47 1.4 Analysis and Analytical Methods 70 1.5 Forgeries 81 2 ...

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The years between 1925 and 1975 in the United States marked a period of pioneering progress and expansion in the field of art conservation: museums established conservation departments and analytical ...