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Science

A key focus of our approach is advancing the scientific understanding of regenerative agriculture. Explore published research from studies conducted in partnership with or supported by General Mills. These studies explore the impacts of regenerative agriculture on a range of outcomes, the practical implementation of innovative agronomic practices and the development of improved quantification methods.
  • Agronomy
    Assessing crop productivity, grain quality, and soil labile carbon and nitrogen in pea-based intercrops under low nitrogen input
    Lead Partner: Agriculture & Agrifood Canada, 2025
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  • Agronomy
    Oat-Pea Mixed Grain Intercropping on the Canadian Prairies and U.S. Northern Plains
    Lead Partner: South East Research Farm, 2021
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  • Agronomy
    Pea - oat intercrop demonstration
    Lead Partner: South East Research Farm, 2019
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  • Biodiversity measurement
    Automating an insect biodiversity metric using distributed optical sensors: an evaluation across Kansas, USA cropping systems
    Lead Partner: Faunaphotonics, 2024
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  • Biodiversity measurement
    Acoustic indices are responsive to local-scale but not landscape-scale agricultural land use
    Lead Partner: Furman University, 2024
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  • Climate impacts
    Effect of fall rye cover crop on CO2 and N2O fluxes in the Red River Valley, Manitoba, Canada
    Lead Partner: University of Manitoba, 2023
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  • Climate impacts
    Restoring particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon through regenerative agriculture
    Lead Partner: Colorado State University, 2023
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  • Climate impacts
    Ecosystem Impacts and Productive Capacity of a Multi-Species Pastured Livestock System
    Lead Partner: Michigan State University, 2020
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  • Climate impacts
    White corn and popcorn production systems: An estimate of carbon and GHG stocks
    Lead Partner: Imaflora, 2020
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  • Climate measurement
    Automating an insect biodiversity metric using distributed optical sensors: an evaluation across Kansas, USA cropping systems
    Lead Partner: Faunaphotonics, 2024
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  • Climate measurement
    Acoustic indices are responsive to local-scale but not landscape-scale agricultural land use
    Lead Partner: Furman University, 2024
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  • Economic impacts
    The Economics of Soil Health on Small Grain Farms
    Lead Partner: Soil Health Institute, 2024
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  • Social Return on Investment
    Social Return on Investment of Regenerative Agriculture in the Cheney Lake Watershed
    Lead Partner: Ecotone Analytics, 2021
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  • Social Science
    2020 Prairie Cover Crop Survey
    Lead Partner: University of Manitoba, 2020
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  • Soil carbon measurement
    Agricultural soil carbon: A call for improved evidence of climate mitigation
    Lead Partner: Environmental Defense Fund, 2025
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  • Soil carbon measurement
    Testing the feasibility of quantifying change in agricultural soil carbon stocks through empirical sampling
    Lead Partner: Yale University, 2024
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  • Soil health measurement
    An evaluation of nitrogen indicators for soil health in long-term agricultural experiments
    Lead Partner: Soil Health Institute, 2023
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  • Soil health measurement
    Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health
    Lead Partner: Soil Health Institute, 2022
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  • Soil health measurement
    An evaluation of carbon indicators of soil health in long-term agricultural experiments
    Lead Partner: Soil Health Institute, 2022
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  • Soil health measurement
    Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics
    Lead Partner: Soil Health Institute, 2022
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  • Soil health measurement
    Introducing the North American project to evaluate soil health measurements
    Lead Partner: Soil Health Institute, 2020
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Dive Deeper into Regenerative Agriculture

  • Learn About Our Approach.

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