Research
HRI Announces 2023 Funded Research Focuses
The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) announces nearly $400,000 in grant support for 11 projects working to tackle green industry issues ranging from pest management to new technologies, from developing marketing insights to battling plant diseases.... more »
5 Universities Partner on USDA Grant on Culinary Herbs
Late last year, Michigan State University received a $3.4 million USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) grant to evaluate the profitability and environmental sustainability of fresh-cut and potted culinary herbs produced in controlled environments (greenhouses... more »
Universities, Companies Team Up on CEA Study
Commercial horticultural supplier Hort Americas has joined The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES); Rutgers University; Cornell University; the University of Arizona Controlled Environment Ag Center (CEAC); and Koidra on... more »
Tennessee Coalition Receives Nearly $5M Hemp Research Grant
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted up to $4,972,800 for a Tennessee State University (TSU)-led initiative aimed at expanding the production of industrial hemp as a climate-smart commodity. Project priorities include evaluating hemp's... more »
Adults Favoring Marijuana Stays at Record High
A new Gallup poll shows that 68% of U.S. adults favor legalizing marijuana, which ties the record high from each of the past two years. Support, however, varies widely when it comes to ideology, religiosity... more »
Hemp Innovations Foundation Funds Recyclability Study
According to the National Hemp Association (NHA), it is often repeated that hemp paper can be recycled up to eight times, compared to just three times for paper made from wood pulp. But is that... more »
USDA to Now Measure Hemp in Agriculture Census
The 2022 Census of Agriculture launched in November, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mailing survey codes to all known agriculture producers across the 50 states with an invitation to respond online at agcounts.usda.gov.... more »
Gardeners Plan to Continue Planting in 2023, Survey Says
Despite extreme spring weather and growing economic concerns in 2022, gardeners have a positive outlook for 2023. Axiom’s newly released Gardening Insights Survey found homeowners in several age groups and experience levels are looking forward... more »
Extension Hopes to Dispel Poinsettia Toxicity Myth
A century ago, poinsettia was added to Santa’s “naughty” list, but the plant’s reputation for being poisonous is unfortunate, says University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Its bracts and leaves pose no danger to... more »
New Cannabis Light Spectrum Study Launches
Current, in partnership with The Hernández Lab at North Carolina State University (NCSU), is launching a new study into the potential of supplemental LED lighting to support commercial cannabis production. The new research project is... more »
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