Northern Great Plains

newly certified

Newly certified

April 4, 2022

Grass cover crop in corn. Photo by David Lamm/Soil Health Institute.

Economics of soil health: Contributions of reduced tillage and cover cropping

April 4, 2022

In flooded rice, biological nutrient cycling releases methane, a greenhouse gas. Photo courtesy of Flickr/formulanone.

Environmental outcomes from on-farm agricultural production in the United States

April 4, 2022

Photo by Paul McDivitt/University of Minnesota Extension.

The MRTN approach to making nitrogen rate recommendations: Background and implementation

February 23, 2022

Figure 1. State-level phosphorus balance for the 2016 crop year compared with median soil test phosphorus in 2020. Surpluses can be appropriate for low-testing soils, and conversely deficits for high-testing soils. In some instances, for example the state of Maine, the surplus may be driven by the high phosphorus needs of a particular crop, in this case, potatoes. Data from NuGIS (TFI, 2021a) and Soil Test Summary (TFI, 2021b); states with fewer than 10,000 soil test samples were excluded.

Evaluating impacts of 4R nutrient stewardship

February 17, 2022

Wayne Fredericks, co-author of this article, has been farming fields in Mitchell County, IA near Osage since the mid-1970s. Using his experiences as a backdrop, this article focuses on what actually happens in the soil along the journey of change in corn and soybean systems. Photo by Joseph L. Murphy/Iowa Soybean Association.

Changes in soils and crops along a transformational journey

February 16, 2022

beneficial anthropods

Beneficial arthropods of the Corn Belt and Great Plains

February 15, 2022

Isaac Wolford, CCA from Lewisburg, WV, is the new vice-chair of the North American CCA Board.

Wolford begins term as vice-chair of the North American CCA Board

February 3, 2022

CPSS and CCA

Newly certified

February 3, 2022

It is critical for farmers, scientists, and CCAs to work together to achieve soil health and build soil C.

Components of soil carbon accounting

February 3, 2022

Webinar: The High Cost of Inefficient Nitrogen

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