Understanding the corn fungicide yield response
McClintic named first-ever Michigan CCA of the Year
The Michigan Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) Program announced Mark McClintic of Michigan Agricultural Commodities (MAC) as the recipient of the first-ever Michigan CCA of the Year Award. The award was created to honor a Michigan agronomist who demonstrates technical excellence and a commitment to farmer success.
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Optimizing corn moisture and carbon intensity
Ethanol efficiency today, fuel credit opportunities ahead
Grain moisture plays a larger role in ethanol yield, energy use, and carbon intensity than many producers realize with real implications for profitability under emerging 45Z fuel credit programs. This article explains how moisture management, ethanol plant efficiency, and carbon intensity measurement intersect—and how CCAs can help farmers capture new value through low-CI grain strategies.
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Nation’s largest research dairy set to bring new insights on irrigation, soils, and manure management
The Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (CAFE) is set to become the nation’s largest research dairy, advancing studies in irrigation, soils, and nutrient management as Idaho’s dairy industry rapidly expands. Ongoing research at the site—including evapotranspiration monitoring, soil variability analysis, and manure-management innovations—aims to improve water efficiency, crop productivity, and environmental sustainability across the region. Collaborative work with USDA-ARS and University of Idaho scientists is already yielding insights on manure’s long-term effects on soil health and new approaches for nutrient recovery.
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From rocks to riches: The history of the United States phosphate fertilizer industry
This article was prepared as a contribution of the Western Region Nutrient Management Coordinating Committee (WERA-103). Earn 1.5 CEUs in Nutrient Management by reading this article and taking the quiz.
Enhancing farm profitability through nitrogen efficiency and yield stability
This article explores how understanding within-field yield variability can improve nitrogen use efficiency and farm profitability across the U.S. Midwest. By integrating long-term yield data, satellite imagery, and field-level nitrogen information, it identifies stable and unstable productivity zones to guide targeted nitrogen management. The findings highlight opportunities to reduce environmental impacts, lower input costs, and optimize crop performance through precision agriculture strategies.
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Soil fertility, fertilizers, and crop nutrition: Past, present, and future
Society has made (and will be making) significant demands on agriculture in the not-to-distant future. Meeting future sustainability goals and environmental regulations while simultaneously continuing to meet requirements for food, feed, fuel, and fiber requires a firm understanding of how “we” have collectively arrived at our current status as it relates to our fertility principles and beliefs as well as the processes that address them. This series intends to describe crop nutrition and fertilizers from where we have been to where the authors believe that we will likely need to be prepared to go if we are to support world demands into the foreseeable future.
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