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Long-term data reveals how no-till agriculture increases crop yields and environmental gains over the long haul

5.18.20

Despite the environmental benefits of no-till agriculture, farmers often hesitate to change to this management approach due to uncertain economic returns. Sarah Cusser, postdoctoral research associate at the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS), and MSU terrestrial ecologist Nick Haddad, director of the Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) program at the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) and professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, however, have just published a study in Global Change Biology that clearly demonstrates significant benefit

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Insect vacuum on the KBS LTER helps serve as an early warning system

2.4.14

The insect vacuum on the Kellogg Biological Station Long-term Ecological Research (KBS LTER) site. Photo credit: Bill Krasean, KBS LTER volunteer.

By Bill Krasean, retired journalist and KBS LTER volunteer Every Friday mid-May through mid-October, a staff member at Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) program drives to a tall, narrow pipe on the main experiment site, opens a small door at the base of the tower and extracts a bottle filled with liquid and a cornucopia of insects. The little critters, victims of a strong suction at the top of the pole as they fly by, are shipped to the University of Illinois where Dr. David J. Voegtlin and Dr. Doris Lagos, experts in the identification of aphids,

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Recent News and Events

  • Similar invasive insects coexist through slight differences in environmental responses
  • KBS Long-Term Ecological Research program awarded $7.65 million NSF grant
  • Article featuring KBS research wins outstanding paper award
  • Welcoming the new LTAR Associate Director for Engagement, Tayler Ulbrich
  • KBS LTER helps prospective biological science grad students envision the field

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