Crop performance trials in Ohio reveal decades of yield improvement
The Ohio Crop Performance Trials have provided unbiased, real-world data for more than 50 years, helping farmers compare crop hybrids and varieties across diverse Ohio growing conditions. Today, the program remains a key decision-making resource as farmers navigate tight margins and increasingly complex seed choices.
Foliar feeding of plant nutrition
As global population growth intensifies pressure on agricultural production, foliar feeding offers a precise and efficient method to enhance crop yield, quality, and nutritional value when soil nutrient availability is limited or impaired. The article explains how foliar-applied nutrients enter plant tissues, the factors influencing their effectiveness—including formulation chemistry, molecular size, environmental conditions, and plant physiology—and the importance of proper timing and dosage to avoid phytotoxicity.
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Celebrating CCA certification milestones
We recognize, congratulate, and thank the following Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs) who reached the following milestones over the last year (February 2025 through January 2026): 30, 25, and 20 years of certification. Thank you for your continuing dedication, service, and commitment to excellence.
House Agriculture Committee releases farm bill text
On February 13, House Agriculture Committee Chairman GT Thompson released text for the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026. Sometimes referred to as "Farm Bill 2.0" or the "skinny" farm bill, this bill addresses policy issues that were not included in last summer's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Production challenges in forage systems: Needs assessment in northeast California
A thorough understanding of the local farming challenges and needs is critical for the success of agricultural extension services. A survey of predominately farmers and ranchers was conducted to identify the key challenges and demands of irrigated forage systems of the Pit River Watershed of California. Overall, the survey results underscore the need for (a) local needs assessment and (b) increasing the extension personnel to address the efficient water and soil management in forages while reducing the input costs in forage production areas in the U.S.
Meet the ICCA board chair: Aaron Breimer
A passion for collaboration, networking, and creating solutions for farmers are cornerstones of Aaron Breimer’s career. As the new Chair of the ICCA board of directors, Breimer is eager to leverage his experience and passions to strengthen the CCA program and enhance the interactions between local and international boards.
Low soybean plant population: Is replanting necessary?
The decision to replant a soybean crop can be difficult. Collaboratively, U.S. soybean agronomists representing a diversity of growing regions collated replant guidelines for their region to generate widely applicable recommendations and pictures depicting early-season stressors that reduce soybean plant population. The decision to replant should focus on profitability and if possible, repair plant to improve the final stand instead of completely starting over. This management guide is intended to support educated replant decisions across the major U.S. soybean regions.
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Soil fertility, fertilizers, and crop nutrition: Past, present, and future
Society has made (and will be making) significant demands on agriculture in the not-to-distant future. Meeting future sustainability goals and environmental regulations while simultaneously continuing to meet requirements for food, feed, fuel, and fiber requires a firm understanding of how “we” have collectively arrived at our current status as it relates to our fertility principles and beliefs as well as the processes that address them. This series intends to describe crop nutrition and fertilizers from where we have been to where the authors believe that we will likely need to be prepared to go if we are to support world demands into the foreseeable future.
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