The 2020 November-December cover of Crops & Soils magazine

Nutrient Management

Commercial alfalfa harvest.

Use of NPK liquids in managing irrigated alfalfa cropping systems

November 5, 2020

A trailer spreads liquid manure. Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program.

What are the barriers and benefits of manure use in cropping systems?

November 3, 2020

Sulfur deficiency in corn. Source: IPNI Crop Nutrient Deficiency Image Collection.

Sulfur 4R management and the changing landscape of fertility

November 2, 2020

News & Perspectives

News

Illustration showing some potentially sustainable agronomic management practices. Source: United Soybean Board.

2020’s Sustainable Agronomy Conference goes digital

November 2, 2020

Soil & Water Management

Source: USDA-NRCS.

Assessing soil health: Soil carbon cycling and storage

November 3, 2020

People

Newly Certified

CPSS

Newly certified

November 3, 2020

Sustainability

SPARC

Climate change indicators in agriculture and how CCAs can support growers

November 4, 2020

Looking for a job? A career? Job advice?

November-December 2020 issue

Volume 53, Issue 6

Inside this issue

Our third article in a four-part series on soybean cyst nematode management (SCN) focuses on the southern U.S. According to Travis Faske, University of Arkansas Extension plant pathologist (shown on the cover), while SCN is a problem in the South, root-knot and reniform nematodes are actually a greater problem. Thus, this article discusses all three pests. See related story on p. 3.

Crop Management

Sugarbeet growers gathering for a field day conducted by the University of Minnesota–Crookston. Sugarbeet cultivation in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota contributes to most sugar production in the U.S.

Can rainfall explain the variability of sugarbeet root and sugar yield across North Dakota and Minnesota?

November 4, 2020

Integrated Pest Management

A juvenile root-knot nematode penetrates a tomato root. Once inside, the juvenile, which also attacks cotton roots, causes a gall to form and robs the plant of nutrients. Photo by William Wergin and Richard Sayre. Colorized by Stephen Ausmus. Source: USDA.

Nematode management in the south

November 4, 2020

Careers & Education

Podcasts

Figure 3, The NDSCS Kosel Family Agriculture Land Lab.

Practical agronomic research from an equipment dealer perspective

November 3, 2020

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