Corn Belt

The Cornell Sprinkle Infiltrometer can be used to measure wet aggregate stability. Photo courtesy of Robert Schindelbeck, Director, Cornell Soil Health Laboratory.

Assessing soil health: Soil water cycling

September 7, 2020

What We Mean by Soil Health

September 2, 2020

CPSS

Newly certified

September 1, 2020

Soybean roots with soybean cyst nematode females (the white, round objects coming out of the roots). Photo by Angela Tenney, Michigan State University ANR Communications and Marketing.

Soybean cyst nematode management in the western Corn Belt

August 29, 2020

Source: Joseph L. Murphy/Iowa Soybean Association.

Examining environmental sustainability metrics—Nitrogen balance

August 29, 2020

CCA John Heard (left) working with a grower.

CCAs—Who are they and what do they do?

August 21, 2020

After working in the industry for 42 years, CCA Bruce Palmer, a research agronomist for The McGregor Company, is set to retire in the fall.

Roots in unique land lead to life-long career of discovery

July 7, 2020

Cysts of the soybean cyst nematode seen as small, round, white structures on soybean roots dug in the field. Source: Gregory Tylka, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org.

Soybean cyst nematode management in the corn belt

July 3, 2020

Flooded cornfield. Photo courtesy of Gurpreet Kaur.

Management practices to reduce crop production and nitrogen losses from waterlogging

July 3, 2020

Testing Ag Performance Solutions, or TAPS, is an interactive, real-life farm management competition at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Source: UNL TAPS.

Farm management competition provides impact for researchers, producers, and industry partners

July 1, 2020

Webinar: The High Cost of Inefficient Nitrogen

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