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CSU researchers to investigate agrivoltaics and transparent solar modules

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-Colorado State University Two Colorado State University faculty members, Jan Leach and Robin Reid, are among 120 newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences this year, which includes a historic 59 women — the most women ever inducted in a single year. The National Academy of Sciences, a nonprofit society of distinguished scholars, represents the nation’s most active contributors to the international scientific community. Scientists are elected by their peers to membership in the academy for outstanding contributions to research. “Professors Jan Leach and Robin Reid are am...

Kerry Donovan-D, Edwards, Colo., who is the chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy, has been leaning into the state’s agriculture community prior to the start of the legislative session. Donovan met with a small group in Yuma, Colo., in the machine shed at former agriculture commissioner Don Brown’s farm last week. Donovan said Brown’s operation, like most agriculture operations, uses precision, technology, research, and science to adjust soil amendments to the inch, capitalize upon genetic potential in livestock, and increase efficiency through the ...

Livestock grazing on public land in the West destroys vegetation, damages native wildlife habitats and disrupts natural processes, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. (Special to the Daily) State Senator Kerry Donovan, of Vail, will host a virtual roundtable meeting Monday with Colorado State University scientists following a statewide listening tour on ranching and farming last week. Donovan said the group attending the virtual meeting, which includes both the current president and chancellor of Colorado State University, will discuss the challenges Colorado’s farmers and ran...