Crop Management

Photo courtesy of Flickr/cheeses. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Planting date and seeding rate impacted hybrid winter rye grain yield across U.S. regions

September 17, 2025

Example of green stem on fully developed soybean plants.

Understanding green stem in soybeans

August 29, 2025

Giant miscanthus is a perennial warm-season grass that is grown as a biomass crop. By Year 2 (shown here), it typically produces 6 tons of biomass per acre. By Year 3, it can grow up to 12 ft tall and produce 10 to 15 tons of biomass per acre.

Giant miscanthus shows promise as an alternative crop for marginal land

June 26, 2025

Photo by Derek Penner.

Improving soybean yield in Wisconsin

April 7, 2025

The soybean-breeding program at the University of Missouri Fisher Delta Research, Extension & Education Center is dedicated to developing high-yielding, resilient varieties to support farmers in the U.S. Mid-South. Photo by Kyle Spradley | © 2014 - Curators of the University of Missouri. Published under this license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/

Developing high-yielding and stress-resilient soybean varieties

February 28, 2025

Photo by Kyle Spradley | © 2014 - Curators of the University of Missouri and published under this license.

Soil testing is key to yield and economic performance in grain corn

January 22, 2025

Stephen Komar (left) and Bill Bamka, Rutgers Cooperative Extension agronomists.

Assessing the feasibility of hemp for fiber production in the northeastern United States

January 20, 2025

There are numerous benefits to more diverse rotations, but breaking out of the two-crop corn–soybean rotation is not easy. Photo by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln CropWatch and courtesy of Javed Iqbal.

Diversifying beyond the corn-soybean rotation is possible, but comes with obstacles

December 31, 2024

Seeder planting cover crops into standing corn. Photo by Jeff Sanders.

Improving cover crop interseeding in northern climates

December 11, 2024

Black-eyed peas. Photo by Jim Diamond.

Black-Eyed Pea in the High Plains

December 4, 2024

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