SANDPOINT — A federal appeals court panel Thursday rejected claims by health advocates that grass-seed straw is solid waste subject to federal regulation. It was a setback for North Idaho opponents of ...

About 35 farmers attended a master class in mixed farming at Campbell Town last week where they heard that the market from grass seed straw is growing. Guest speaker Jason Lynch from Macquarie ...

After decades of controversy over the air pollution and safety hazards of field burning, Oregon grass-seed growers hope to start spinning their ocean of post-harvest straw into gold. They propose ...

A future for regional Kentucky bluegrass seed production looks green again, despite changes 25 years ago that once made it look bleak. That’s because of gains in developing new bluegrass seed ...

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — New USDA research is digging into the carbon storage capacity of grass seed crops grown in the Willamette Valley that could benefit farms by providing healthier soils and ...

An Ortley Beach man created grass straws to replace plastic ones in some Jersey Shore restaurants. The Senate Budget committee in Trenton passed a bill Thursday for a statewide ban on plastic bags.

Add in the overall prognosis for the maize silage crop, which is not great this year. Sunshine is badly needed to get all crops back on track. As I mentioned last week, it is inevitable that silage ...

A year-old company called EQUO is out with its first line of products: Drinking straws made from grass, rice, coconut, sugarcane and coffee. And you can smell the ingredients and eat the rice straws: ...

Kans grass has emerged as a significant source of income for farmers in char areas of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat, where the perennial herb native to the Indian subcontinent grows easily on sandy soil.

Maintaining a garden in the warm summer months can be challenging at the best of times, but while the nation enjoys its second heatwave of the year, plants are feeling the brunt of it. Grass, in ...