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Rhizoctonia damping off, blight, and rot. Photo by Daren Mueller, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org.

Keep your eyes open for these wet-season soybean diseases

May 7, 2020

SPARC

Growing carbon for sustainable and resilient soils

May 4, 2020

Gypsum application in an Arizona pecan orchard. Photo by Jim Walworth.

Determining the gypsum requirement for reclamation of sodic and sodium-impacted soils

May 4, 2020

Figure 2, Winter runoff causing ephemeral gully erosion after fall chisel plowing and manure injection with a drag hose the prior December. The gully eroded to the depth of manure injection and will be filled in (hidden) by spring field cultivation. Source: J. Grigar.

Understanding soil erosion by water to improve soil conservation

May 1, 2020

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Copper 4R management—Deficiency or toxicity?

April 30, 2020

Left: Pennsylvania CCA Eric Rosenbaum, CPSS Tracey Olexa, Rep. GT Thompson (PA), and Oklahoma State University student Ryan Bryant-Schlobohm. Middle: Tuskegee University student Adrianne Brown, North Carolina State University student Janel Ohletz, and Beth Guertal (past president of CSSA) and Audrey Gamble (CCA) of Auburn University. Right: Montana CCA Matthew Walker; ASA, CSSA, and SSSA staff member Katie Reiels; and South Dakota State University students Kyla Dendinger and Cole Berkley with Sen. John Thun

Certified Crop Advisers advocate for ag research in Washington, DC

April 30, 2020

2020 CCA of the Year Adam Kramer with his son, Ezra, working in a sweet corn patch.

Kramer named 2020 ICCA of the Year

March 17, 2020

CPSS

Newly Certified

March 11, 2020

Figure 1, Open in figure viewer Pigment contribution of iron minerals and other soil constituents. Source: D.E. Beaudette, USDA-NRCS; Schwertmann, 1993.

Iron availability and management considerations: A 4R approach

March 11, 2020

Source: Karen Brey.

Weedy conversation: What weeds are saying to your crops may make them ‘scream’ on the inside

March 6, 2020

Webinar: The High Cost of Inefficient Nitrogen

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