UNH Today

New Guidelines Provide Farmers in Nation’s Breadbasket a Roadmap in Changing World

Midwest farmers experiencing more erratic rainfall and prolonged dry periods that have devastated crops now have new guidelines to help them manage the effects of climate variability. Researchers with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire have created a portfolio of strategic recommendations to guide future agricultural research, policy, and management specifically for the nation’s breadbasket, which are presented in the journal Nature Sustainability.

Maine Forest Management Hampering Ability of Forests to Reap Climate Benefits

Over the last 20 years, Maine’s forests have become younger and less dense. As a result, forests are not providing the most climate benefits that they could through carbon sequestration and storage. However, more carbon could be stored over the next 100 years with less frequent harvests of smaller amounts of wood from each acre, according to new research from the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire.

NH Business Review: A comprehensive look at NH’s school-funding commission report

The NH Business Review reports on the New Hampshire Commission to Study School Funding and its work on the final report due to the NH Legislature and governor on Dec. 1. The Commission, which is being supported by a team at the Carsey School of Public Policy, is identifying a more equitable public school-funding model for the state and has been working on this initiative since January 2020.