The 2021 September-October cover of Crops & Soils magazine

Nutrient Management

Figure 1, Relationship between GreenSeeker NDVI and wheat biomass weight, Feekes 5, Parma ID.

Varietal response of wheat and barley to nitrogen

September 3, 2021

News & Perspectives

News

Fred Vocasek, Steve Walthour, Shannon Kenyon, and Mark Rude describe how producers can boost water quality through sound agronomy (from Managing Scarce Water Resources–Part 1).

Highlights from the 2021 Sustainable Agronomy Conference

September 12, 2021

Soil & Water Management

That’s not snow—it’s salt. Some areas on the righthand side of this photo are starting to look a bit better after four years. Photo submitted by Sharon Clay with the Journal of Environmental Quality article found here: https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20223. The photo is not associated with any of the examples used in this article.

Successful experiences managing salts and sodium

September 12, 2021

Sampling an irrigation well. Photo by Daryl Anderson, Lower Platte North Natural Resources District.

Nebraska irrigation well survey: Nutrient supply and liming effects

August 4, 2021

People

Newly Certified

CPSS

Newly certified

September 3, 2021

Sustainability

Photo by Tyler Thompson.

Voluntary versus state-based compliance carbon markets

September 3, 2021

A spring view of constructed wetlands along the Embarras River in southern Champaign County, IL. Wetlands like these can help clean up tile drainage or field runoff water. Photo courtesy of the University of Illinois and originally submitted as part of a research article by Groh et al. published here: https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2014.10.0415.

Thinking beyond the border: Edge-of-field practices to improve the environment

September 3, 2021

Opposite page: John Nergenah of Illinois enrolled in the Nori carbon removal marketplace through his adoption of cover crops. Photo courtesy of John Nergenah.

Offsets, insets, carbon markets

September 3, 2021

Looking for a job? A career? Job advice?

September-October 2021 issue

Volume 54, Issue 5

Inside this issue

Agriculture is a major factor in the Biden Administration's plan to greatly reduce greenhouse gases, but how can we create a system that works for both producers and the many other entities interested in carbon sequestration? Carbon markets offer one solution. This photo shows John Nergenah of Illinois who is enrolled in the Nori carbon removal marketplace through his adoption of cover crops. Photo courtesy of John Nergenah. See related story on p. 14.

Crop Management

Harvesting triticale in Washington. Photo by Matthew Weaver/Capital Press.

Winter triticale in the semiarid U.S. Pacific Northwest drylands

September 12, 2021

What works in one field might not work in another close by due to differences in soil properties and slope or in other regions with similar soil type but with a different climate, cropping system, or both. Photo by Hannah Dorn.

Spatial frameworks to support agronomic innovation

August 29, 2021

Integrated Pest Management

Figure 1, Wheat of Australian farmer and harvest weed seed control pioneer, Ray Harrington, is ready for harvest but infested with rigid ryegrass. Note the weed seeds are retained above the combine’s cutter bar at harvest, so the combine will take the seeds in and subject them to the Harrington Seed Destructor. Photo courtesy of Michael Flessner.

From spreader to predator: Killing weed seeds with the combine

September 18, 2021

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