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Leveraging biochar for growing crops

MANILA, Philippines — Because of its wondrous benefits, the government and the private sector should jointly harness biochar ...
Biochar, also referred to as carbon material, is produced from the thermochemical conversion process (heating or burning) of feedstocks or waste biomass, such as forest residue, crops, or agricultural ...
Two University of Nebraska–Lincoln scientists, partnering with American Farmland Trust, extension educators and four Nebraska ...
A new study reveals that biochar can create tiny but powerful soil microenvironments that significantly reduce cadmium contamination in crops. The findings offer fresh insight into how this ...
Researchers from Zhengzhou University have released the most comprehensive review to date on the rapidly expanding field of element doped biochar. The study explains how simple biowaste can be ...
Farmers in the US can expect to see an increase in crop yield of between 4.7 and 6.4%, on average, if they apply biochar to their fields. A charcoal made from plant remains, biochar may recondition ...
The following guest editorial was submitted by soil science professor David Laird of Iowa State University in response to a recent Farm Journal article about biochar titled “New Row-Crop Product ...
Researchers have developed a new strategy to engineer biochar with dramatically enhanced sunlight-driven chemical activity, ...
CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VGrid Energy Systems, a California-based clean energy producer, announced today it now offers its Persist™ Premium Biochar in a new formulation: Micronized Biochar.
The future of a proposed fertilizer facility in Saratoga County is unclear — and so are plans for a Fulton County location. Saratoga Biochar Solutions has been trying to build a plant in the town of ...