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2021 Annual Meeting | November 7–10 Salt Lake City, UT or limited virtual

August 26, 2021

Science policy

Photo by Paramveer Singh.

Advancing resilient agriculture

August 25, 2021

Publications

Call for papers: ‘Emerging Bio-robotics’ special section

August 10, 2021

Publications update

August 10, 2021

Webinar: Early Career Award Opportunities in Agronomy, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences

September 2021 issue

Volume 66, Issue 9

Inside this issue

The 2021 Annual Meeting theme, “A Creative Economy for Sustainable Development,” encourages new ideas for food, feed, fuel, and fiber production as well as natural resources protection. Please plan on joining us in November, either in Salt Lake City, or virtually, whichever is most comfortable for you. Check out the meeting preview on p. 22.

Call for Papers: Phenomics of Germplasm Collection

Call for Papers: Advancement of Fate and Transport of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Vadose Zone

People

In memoriam

In memoriam

August 25, 2021

Hallie Wright performing her talent during the 2021 Miss Indiana competition. Photo courtesy of Hallie Wright.

Research, pageants, and Ag-vocacy: A conversation with Hallie Wright

August 10, 2021

Science

Science briefs

Preparation for installation of soil-embedded sensors used for continuous in situ measurements of state variables. Photo courtesy of Agroscope.

Fast to compact, slow to recover

January 26, 2026

Graduate student Binaya Parajuli analyzing active carbon concentrations in soil extracts. Photo by Pratima Poudel.

Long-term tillage induced differential C and N responses

August 10, 2021

A typical soil moisture station in the Fort Cobb region of Oklahoma, operated by the USDA. Photo by Michael Cosh.

A nationwide effort to monitor soil moisture

August 10, 2021

Investigating allelic variation across Canadian bread wheat germplasm can explain why cultivars are genetically differentiated and predict how the current distribution of allelic variation will affect future genetic progress. Photo courtesy of Flickr/Marilylle Soveran.

Pedigree, recombination, and selection shape Canadian bread wheat diversity

August 10, 2021

First author Sergio Tovar Hernández in an experimental field measuring normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI).

Diagnosing nitrogen levels in sunflower

August 4, 2021

2019 Pima cotton trial at full bloom. Photo by Sarah Holladay.

Evaluating pima cotton for production in the southeast U.S.

July 27, 2021

A tile drain flowing in Indiana. Photo by Jane Frankenberger.

Drainage, cover crops, and weather impact nitrate loss

June 16, 2021

Features

A collaboration of scientists and the general public led to a study that looked at the risk of exposure to heavy metals that children face in preschool gardens and play areas. Photo by Robert H. Pos/USFWS.

Gold mines and gardenroots

August 10, 2021

John Nergenah of Illinois enrolled in the Nori carbon removal marketplace through his adoption of cover crops. Photo courtesy of John Nergenah.

Offsets, insets, carbon markets

August 10, 2021

Students

Grad students attend the Leadership Conference at the 2020 Annual Meeting.

Sneak peek of graduate student sessions at 2021 Annual Meeting

August 10, 2021

Careers & Education

Early career members

The Early Career Members Committee has planned four exciting and interactive sessions for this year’s Annual Meeting.

Early career sessions at the annual meeting in Salt Lake City

August 25, 2021

Knowing how to effectively engage with media to increase public outreach helps extend the excitement of research and innovation to those outside the silos of science and academia. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS.

An early career perspective of the societies’ media-training workshop

August 24, 2021

Mentoring

2019 Annual Meeting attendees networking in San Antonio, TX

Mentoring workshop at the annual meetings in Salt Lake City

August 10, 2021

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