Researchers Work to Develop, Test Dry-Farm-Adapted Corn Varieties
Western SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) discusses work by Lucas Nebert, a research associate in the Department of Horticulture at OSU. Read on to learn what they discovered and to find more information about Nebert's OSU Dry Farming Project, which is mapping areas of the state compatible with dry farming.
Learn about Amy Garrett's and Dr. Lucas Nebert's dry farming research in Oregon. Garrett is the head of the Dry Farming Institute who collaborates frequently with Dr. Nebert, a dryland farming researcher. Both have done extensive research on corn, tomatoes, and other produce, including field studies funded by SARE and research with OSU. Read a profile on their work and listen to their interview by Geoff Norcross of OPB's Think Out Loud here. Don't miss another article by OPB on Dr. Nebert's work studying the dry farming of corn here.
