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The roots of Taraxacum kok-saghyz, a species of dandelion known as TK that has proven to be a valuable alternative to natural rubber trees. Photo credit: Farmed Materials. A tire company is ...

In the middle of this oddest of all odd election seasons, I bought a set of tires for my truck. They were made in Vietnam. This was not my first encounter with Vietnamese rubber products. In 1969 and ...

Rubber trees are essential for natural rubber, require precise nutrient management. Traditional methods for assessing nutrient levels are expensive and destructive, but near-infrared (NIR) ...

A parasite named microcyclus ulei has already inflicted substantial harm on rubber harvests in Central and Latin America, and experts fear that plantations in Africa and Asia could be next. The ...

In a multi-year, multi-million-dollar program supported by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Goodyear, the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and BioMADE will work with Ohio-based Farmed Materials on ...

Rubber from weeds dates back to World War II shortages—and now it’s back, in FlowerFoam. [Photo: Cole Haan] “The extraction process is not dissimilar from rubber,” says David Maddocks, brand president ...

How would like to lie down on a bed of milky sap? No? What if you knew it came from organic rubber trees in Sri Lanka? While it sounds weird, milky sap from organic rubber trees actually turns into an ...