November 2018
- Soil tilling, mulching key to China’s potato crop
- How can we tell if forest rehabilitation is successful?
- Soil’s history: A solution to soluble phosphorus?
- What are some fun facts about cranberries for Thanksgiving?
October 2018
- Fertilizers’ impact on soil health compared
- Breeding beans that resist weevils
- How do they make those crazy designs on major league baseball outfields?
- Penetrating the soil’s surface with radar
- What are those wavy bands in the soil?
- Maintaining high crop quality topic of symposium
- Boxing up ag field nitrogen
- Sustainable intensification of crops topic of symposium
- What’s the difference between hay and straw?
- High-tech observations for food security
- Fighting antinutrients to improve nutrition
- Cross-cutting issues in environmental quality and agriculture symposium
- What is “porous pavement” and how does that help soils capture and clean water?
September 2018
- Regional differences in cover crops
- Plant genetic resources ensure ag’s future
- “Enhancing productivity in a changing climate”
- The many uses of crop wild relatives
- “Ground coffee” with soil perks in Brazil
- Celebrating plant cousins: Crop Wild Relative Week
- How do wetlands protect land and water?
- Protect your soils in the fall
- What are riparian buffer strips?
- What is ‘soil friendly’ eating?
August 2018
- Soy natural: Genetic resistance against aphids
- What causes stress in plants?
- In soil carbon measurements, tools tell the tale
- How can I help my soil hold more carbon?
- Matchmaking for sweet potato? It’s complicated
- Why is it important to have seed banks and seed access?
- What are canopy soils?
- Soil phosphorus availability and lime: more than just pH?
July 2018
- Manure slipping through (soil) cracks
- Crops and livestock on the same farms, the same fields–why?
- Quick soil test aims to determine nitrogen need
- Why are soils different in different states?
- Reining in soil’s nitrogen chemistry
- What are denitrifying woodchip bioreactors, and how do they help the environment?
- How is carbon “stored” in soils of the Arctic and Subarctic?
June 2018
- Where do agricultural greenhouse gases come from, and what can be done to reduce them?
- Whether wheat weathers heat waves
- Why do the loess hills of Iowa need to be farmed in terraces?
- Soils give background to vacation fun
- High-protein corn also resistant to parasitic weed
- How are plants bred to be biofortified? Why is it important?
- Breeding better Brazilian rice
- How do soil microbes influence nutrient availability?
May 2018
- Radish cover crop traps nitrogen; mystery follows
- Treading lightly on vacation soils
- Cause of E. coli beach closings? Gulls
- What fertilizers and pesticides commonly go on ag fields and why?
- Sustainable Agronomy Conference: Science meets practice
- What considerations go into rehabilitating land back to native grasses?
- Less water, same Texas cotton
- How can I use natural materials to build soil fertility in my garden?
- Plant breeders balance shared innovation, revenue
- What is a “green roof” and are they helpful to the environment?
April 2018
- Corn with straw mulch builds yield, soil carbon
- Keeping your lawn healthy benefits you as well
- Start your garden right
- Root exudates affect soil stability, water repellency
- Why do forest soils need to be managed?
- Faba fix for corn’s nitrogen need
- What should I consider before using fertilizers and pesticides at home?
- Dry the weeds, keep the crops
- What is the critical zone?
March 2018
- Ragweed casts shade on soy production
- Spring’s leaks, soil’s response
- How do they make the grass on golf courses so smooth?
- Fixing soybean’s need for nitrogen
- Why are there regulations on manure use for food safety?
- Chesapeake Bay’s nitrogen clean-up crew
- Agronomy @Work, on video
- Why are weeds so competitive with my plants?
- Crop rotation, grazing rebuilds soil health
- Watters honored as International Certified Crop Adviser of the Year
- The Irish Potato Famine – could it happen again?
February 2018
- Mudsnails provide water quality indicators
- What are the general uses of pesticides?
- Reed canarygrass: environmental foe, cattle food?
- How does biochar work to improve, or even decontaminate, soil?
- Cover crops in nitrogen’s circle of life
- Tips for community gardens
- How do scientists do traditional plant breeding?
- Technology keeps rice fertilizer nice
- What is the soil microbiome?
January 2018
- Research finding ways to inject manure, preserve environment
- Tracking wastewater’s path to wells, groundwater
- How do fertilizers help with food security?
- New “Buck” naked barley: food, feed, brew
- What is vermicompost?
- Robotic weeders: to a farm near you?
- Under snow, underfoot: soils in winter
- Scientific societies create sustainability, food security blog
- Alfalfa loss? Annual ryegrass is a win
- What are the benefits of growing multiple types of forage grasses for grazing animals?
December 2017
- No rest for weary canola plants
- Are wetlands really the “Earth’s kidneys”?
- Does eclipse equal night in plant life?
- Freezing trees, finding answers
- What’s the largest terrestrial organism?