What we have been thinking about.
Resenha
Texts written by the people who make up GNAFOR. The subject is always the writer’s own choice — nothing is assigned, and it need not be about their research project. Reviews, field notes, an opinion picked up in class: anything connected to agronomy, animal science and farm life belongs here.
The texts below are written in Portuguese. This page is bilingual; the writing is not, because it is written by Brazilian students for Brazilian readers.
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Before the lab report, the spade: infiltration and compaction in a degraded pasture
Physics and biology come before chemistry — which is why I would not start the diagnosis of a degraded pasture in the laboratory.
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Rock dust
The extremes on both sides — those who defend and those who dismiss rock dust as a source of macronutrients.
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The chemistry of pasture: secondary metabolites and ruminant nutrition
Studying secondary metabolites in tropical forages made me see that forage plants hold potential well beyond supplying protein, energy and fibre.
Question of the week
Which data did you collect only to find out it was useless? What would you do differently?
For group members: answer in writing, at your own pace. It becomes a Resenha text under your name. No minimum length, and the answer may disagree with the question.
Every text is signed by whoever wrote it, with their photo and their own identifiers. The coordination reads before publishing and may ask for changes, but does not rewrite anyone's text without talking to them first. Authors can ask for removal at any time.