News tagged with organic systems


Can organic cropping systems be as profitable as conventional systems?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Which is a better strategy, specializing in one crop or diversified cropping? Is conventional cropping more profitable than organic farming? Is it less risky?





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Are organic crops as productive as conventional?

Biology /

created Mar 25, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Can organic cropping systems be as productive as conventional systems" The answer is an unqualified, “Yes” for alfalfa or wheat and a qualified “Yes most of the time” for corn and soybeans according to research reported by ...


Organic corn: Increasing rotation complexity increases yields

Biology /

created May 28, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

While demand for organic meat and milk is increasing by about 20% per year in the United States, almost all organic grain and forage to support these industries in the mid-Atlantic region is imported from other regions. To ...


Organic traffic lights

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Controlling road traffic in congested areas is difficult to say the least, a point to which any drive-time urban commuter might testify. An organic approach to traffic lights, might help solve the problem and avoid traffic ...


Crop Residue May Be Too Valuable to Harvest for Biofuels

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the rush to develop renewable fuels from plants, converting crop residues into cellulosic ethanol would seem to be a slam dunk.


Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor

Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic that conducts electricity holds promise for cheaper, thinner and more flexible electronics. This technology is already available in some gadgets -- the new Sony walkman that was introduced ...


UK's organic cows are cream of the crop

Biology /

created May 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1

A new study by Newcastle University proves that organic farmers who let their cows graze as nature intended are producing better quality milk. The Nafferton Ecological Farming Group study found that grazing cows on organic ...


Discovery brings organic solar cells a step closer

Chemistry /

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Inexpensive solar cells, vastly improved medical imaging techniques and lighter and more flexible television screens are among the potential applications envisioned for organic electronics.


Organic weed control options for highbush blueberry

Organic weed control options for highbush blueberry

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research scientists at Nova Scotia Agricultural College have been working steadily to find effective organic methods to control weeds in cultivated blueberry crops. One resulting study, published in a recent ...


Natural pest control on conventional and organic farms

Natural pest control on conventional and organic farms

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of natural pest control on conventional and organic farms in the southwest has found no difference between the two systems.


No evidence to support 'organic is best'

Chemistry /

created Aug 07, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (81) | comments 33

New research in the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows there is no evidence to support the argument that organic food is better than food grown with t ...



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