Crop Tech Corner

NASA to Check Soil Moisture From Space; Weeds Engineer Soil

Emily Unglesbee
By  Emily Unglesbee , DTN Staff Reporter
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NASA will be soon be monitoring global soil moisture conditions from space, with a new satellite that could help farmers better manage dry periods (DTN illustration by Nick Scalise)
NASA will be soon be monitoring global soil moisture conditions from space, with a new satellite that could help farmers better manage dry periods (DTN illustration by Nick Scalise)
In this week's Crop Tech Corner, NASA is preparing to launch a sky-high soil moisture satellite, one weed shows an ability to engineer soil, and a valuable wheat breeding gene has been identified.

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Emily Unglesbee

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