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This one-page Ag quickCAST contains excerpted material from its companion CAST document (SP 31), Assessing the Health of Streams in...

A compilation of publicly available information assembled by The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), updated July 2017.

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This one-page Ag quickCAST contains excerpted material from its companion CAST document (IP 51), Food, Fuel, and Plant Nutrient Use...

This one-page Ag quickCAST contains excerpted material from its companion CAST document (IP 50), Water and Land Issues Associated with...

A popular belief exists that animal agriculture competes for human food supplies and wastes resources. Little scientific information exists regarding...

This paper looks at the history and purpose of the precautionary principle (PP) and examines problems of ambiguity, arbitrary application,...

Herbicides were developed during the twentieth century to be used with conventional tillage for weed control. Conservation (or minimum) tillage...

Future food, fiber, and fuel demands will not be met by expanding cropland area; continued advances in nutrient use efficiency...