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CEU categories: Crop Management, Nutrient Management, Soil & Water Management, Integrated Pest Management, Sustainability, and Precision Ag

Soil & Water Management

Quantifying crop water use, generally referred to as evapotranspiration, or ET, can be very important to agricultural water management. Illustration courtesy of USGS.

Evapotranspiration terminology for agronomists and mesonets

April 1, 2026

Photo by Deepak Ghimire.

Practical drone tools for water management: Choosing the right system, sensors, and workflow

March 30, 2026

Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/Monopoly919.

Why early crop stress is invisible and how UAV reveal it

March 6, 2026

Nutrient Management

Polyhalite is a naturally occurring evaporite mineral composed of potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and sulfur (S) in sulfate form [K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O].

Polyhalite best management practices

March 26, 2026

Nutrient foliar spray in an almond orchard. Photo courtesy of Alamy/Leonard F Wilcox.

Foliar feeding of plant nutrition

February 26, 2026

Crop Management

corn no-till planted into stubble

Corn establishment and yield response to after-market closing wheels in a rye cover crop system

March 20, 2026

Photo courtesy of the United Soybean Board. CC BY 2.0.

Using variety testing data to select soybean varieties: Guidelines for practitioners

March 4, 2026

Soybean seed germinates after absorbing (imbibing) ∼50% of its weight in water. The radicle (root) develops first, followed by the hypocotyl. The hypocotyl pushes the cotyledons above the soil surface (picture from Broeske et al., 2017).

The soybean growth cycle: Important risks and management strategies

March 2, 2026

Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/Jana.

Seeds of change: Ohio’s crop performance trials reveal decades of yield improvement

February 6, 2026

Integrated Pest Management

Living mulches in organic corn

March 20, 2026

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