{"id":15567,"date":"2026-05-11T08:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/watering-alfalfa-in-space-ag-information-network-of-the-west\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:38:03","slug":"watering-alfalfa-in-space-ag-information-network-of-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/watering-alfalfa-in-space-ag-information-network-of-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Watering Alfalfa in Space &#8211; AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/program\/7\/Farm-of-the-Future\" title=\"Farm of the Future\">Farm of the Future<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/program\/34\/California-Tree-Nut-Report\" title=\"California Tree Nut Report\">California Tree Nut Report<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/program\/36\/Southeast-Regional-Ag-News\" title=\"Southeast Regional Ag News\">Southeast Regional Ag News<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/report\/65350\/36\/Clemson-Lands-Major-Grant-for-Cotton-Research\">Clemson Lands Major Grant for Cotton Research<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/report\/65322\/2\/Trump-Administration-Investing-in-Domestic-Fertilizer-Projects\">Trump Administration Investing in Domestic Fertilizer Projects<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/report\/65341\/11\/Farm-Bill-on-to-Senate\">Farm Bill on to Senate<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/reporter\/57\/\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/reporter\/53\/Jasper-Gruel\" title=\"Jasper Gruel\">Jasper Gruel<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/reporter\/55\/Paul\" title=\"Paul\">Paul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week aboard the International Space Station, astronauts spent part of the day watering alfalfa plants growing inside the station\u2019s Veggie research facility. The experiment is studying how plants source nitrogen and survive in microgravity, all with the goal of supporting food production during long-term space missions.<\/p>\n<p>The crew\u2019s schedule also included a mix of cutting-edge science and routine station maintenance. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir studied DNA-inspired materials that could someday help doctors develop more precise cancer treatments, while other astronauts worked on quantum physics research, health monitoring, cargo operations, and even spacesuit repairs.<\/p>\n<p>So yes, somewhere above Earth right now, astronauts are farming alfalfa while studying dark matter. Turns out agriculture may have a future that\u2019s literally out of this world.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/><strong class=\"green\">Southeast Regional Ag News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"green\">Southeast Regional Ag News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"green\">Southeast Regional Ag News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"green\">Southeast Regional Ag News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"green\">Southeast Regional Ag News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With our comprehensive scale and reach, we continue to provide our clients the exceptional service and value that have become our hallmark as a heritage family-owned company with a 35-year legacy.  Currently we have 135 affiliate radio stations covering 9 states; California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, S. Dakota and Nebraska. Farmers and Ranchers living underneath our affiliate radio station signals, collectively, spend over $57 billion each year to raise a crop\/herd.<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCopyright 2026 AgInfo.net AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQdnVWeXZ2QjZkWUNXNFZuWmo2aWVFMFhVUlNPOWV6c1E1LTQ1ZVRmNjFHR004ME5rSnVKOHFEWFc4a3FHLTlGZFFjdkhibzdMWG5fOExEMEh5bGdkQndTdmtBemVsMkotcEVLYTUxYWt6ZmdWUTUyQ09BU3NyckRxSWFYV3l3RUR4dXJSTmgteHlSZw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farm of the FutureCalifornia Tree Nut ReportSoutheast Regional Ag NewsClemson Lands Major Grant for Cotton ResearchTrump Administration Investing in Domestic Fertilizer ProjectsFarm Bill on to SenateJasper GruelPaul Last week aboard the International Space Station, astronauts spent part of the day watering alfalfa plants growing inside the station\u2019s Veggie research facility. The experiment is studying how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}