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The article offers information about a study conducted by Laura Boeschoten and her team, which used inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to analyze the multi-elemental composition of timber in an effort to combat illegal timber trade. It study various Azobé trees in Cameroon and used random forest analysis to determine the origin of the timber based on its chemical fingerprint. The technique has potential to provide a reliable method for tracing the origin of timber.

The article offers information on several events in Texas and Louisiana which include CobbFendley participated as a Gold Sponsor of ASCE Houston in the AIA Sandcastle Competition, efforts of McCarthy Building Cos. and Freese and Nichols signed up 132 runners and walkers.

The article inform cover crops are credited for reducing erosion, increasing nutrient absorption and adding organic material to soil. Topic discusses include determining whether the soil can support a cover crop along with a spring crop is dependent on soil moisture depth, and a cover crop also has chemical benefits, and It increases cation exchange capacity, which allows the soil to hold input costs are about US70 more per acre compared to the no-till with a rye cover crop.

The article presents the author's insights concerning the impact of climate change and water shortages. She examines how compost can increase the rate at which water infiltrates into clay soil and the ability of the soil to hold water. She asserts that high rates of compost addition will increase water infiltration rates in high clay soils.

The article reports on how six years of research at the University of Arkansas extension has created updates for corn nitrogen recommendations. According to Leo Espinoza, soil scientist at the University of Arkansas Extension, nitrogen is a significant component of the production cost associated with growing corn in the state. Espinoza says that their research has found that nitrogen rates significantly vary from loamy to clayey soils.

The article focuses on the construction on a $23.9-million manufacturing facility for the Vought Aircraft Division of Triumph Aerostructures in Red Oak, Texas led by KBR Building Group. It mentions that the exterior walls of the facility is consisting of 14-feet tilt-up concrete panels with insulated metal. It adds that the native soil was excavated by the contractor to the depth of limestone for the mitigation of the expansion and contraction of the clay soils.

The article discusses the research by the University of Arkansas on switching to twin-row cotton planting configurations as conducted. The study aims to find the effects of row configuration on cotton production. The research started in 2007, and was conducted on silt loams and clay soils. No negative impact for lint yield and cotton quality was noticed.