Soil & Water Management

A combine passes through the field with groundwater wells in the foreground. USDA-ARS photo by Newell Kitchen.

Water Well Basics

January 16, 2023

Photo courtesy of GKSFlorapics/Alamy Stock Photo.

How Do Apple Tree Rootstocks and Cultivars Affect Soil Health in Southern Minnesota Orchards?

January 11, 2023

Salford vertical tillage unit with individually mounted wavy coulters. Photo by Jodi DeJong-Hughes, University of Minnesota.

Remember these best practices when It comes to vertical tillage

November 5, 2022

Photo by Bob Nichols/USDA.

Managing for resiliency in the face of drought

October 11, 2022

Small-plot barley irrigation research rate trial at the USDA-ARS Northwest Irrigation and Soil Research Laboratory Kimberly, ID. Photo by Dr. Christopher W. Rogers.

Malt barley yield and quality response to nitrogen and irrigation termination timing

October 11, 2022

Figure 1, Test plots for a grassland conversion study with converted grassland on the left and native grassland on the right.

Soil health changes from grassland to row crop conversion in the Northern Great Plains

August 25, 2022

Double pump lift station. Photo courtesy of Tom Scherer.

Could tile drainage be another form of crop insurance in a changing climate?

August 22, 2022

SSSA series

Precision agriculture and soil health

August 10, 2022

Corn growing in Kura clover. Photo by Ken Albrecht.

Living mulch in corn boosts soil health, cuts inputs

August 3, 2022

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Wetlands on the farm: potent, nutrient-capturing tools in (relatively) small packages

August 3, 2022

2026 Sustainable Agronomy Conference

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