HomePublicationsCSA NewsIssuesCSA News: Volume 69, Issue 2Thank You to Editorial Board Members February 6, 2024 Paul Scott (left) and Jerry Hatfield (right) completed their service as editors of Crop Science and Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, respectfully, in 2023. The ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Publications Department extends its sincere thanks its editorial board members for their efforts to maintain our long history of high quality publishing and to make our journals, magazines, and books the absolute best possible. We share this message to recognize your expertise and commitment for completing your editorial committee appointments on Dec. 31, 2023. The Society leadership, editors‐in‐chief, and Publications Department staff thank you for your continued dedication to the nonprofit, member Societies and invite you to continue your support for the Societies into the future.A special thank you to Paul Scott and Jerry Hatfield for their leadership, dedication, and service to the Societies as they completed their service as Editors of Crop Science and Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, respectfully, in 2023. Those who are members of our Societies, we are honored you consider us your professional home. For non‐members, we invite you to explore our benefits and become a member today (ASA—agronomy.org/membership/become‐a‐member, CSSA—crops.org/membership/become‐a‐member, and SSSA—soils.org/membership/become‐a‐member).ASA Editor‐In‐ChiefYeater, Kathleen M.Agronomy Journal Editorial BoardBaath, Gurjinder Singh, Associate Editor–U.S. Southern Major CropsBaloch, Faheem Shehzad, Associate Editor–CropsBeck, Leslie LeeAnn, Associate EditorBlanco, Humberto, Technical Editor–Soil and Water ManagementBlanco, Humberto, Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementClay, David E., Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementClay, Sharon A., Technical Editor–AgronomyDavis, Morgan Patrick, Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementDeLay, Nathan, Associate Editor–U.S. Southern Major CropsFelix, Joel, Associate Editor–AgronomyGao, Suduan, Associate Editor–Soil and Nutrient ManagementGomez de Barreda Ferraz, Diego, Associate EditorHempfling, James Warren, Associate EditorHoward, Reka, Associate Editor–Organic and Production AgricultureHussain, Waseem, Associate Editor–CropsJagadamma, Sindhu, Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementJayawardena, Dileepa Madushanka, Associate Editor–Soil and Nutrient ManagementKaiser, Mich, Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementKibet, Leonard Chepkwony, Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementKumar, Chitranjan, Associate Editor–Soil and Nutrient ManagementKumar, Vipan, Associate Editor–AgronomyLamichhane, Ritika, Social Media EditorLeinauer, Bernhard, Associate Editor–AgronomyLollato, Romulo Pisa, Science Communications EditorMaharjan, Bijesh, Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementMamo, Martha, Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementMcDaniel, Marshall D., Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementMooney, Daniel F., Associate Editor–Organic and Production AgricultureNkoa Ondoua, Roger, Associate Editor–Soil and Nutrient ManagementO’Neil, Kathleen A., Associate Editor–AgronomyPeng, Bin, Associate Editor–Precision Conservation and FarmingRahman, Mukhlesur, Associate Editor–AgronomyRakkar, Manbir Kaur, Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementRodrigues, Jorge M., Science Communications EditorRuis, Sabrina, Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementSapkota, Sur, Associate Editor–CropsSchipanski, Meagan, Associate Editor–Soil and Water ManagementShekoofa, Avat, Associate Editor–CropsShiratsuchi, Luciano Shozo, Associate Editor–Precision Conservation and FarmingSingh, Bhupinder, Associate Editor–U.S. Southern Major CropsSpring, John, Associate Editor–Organic and Production AgricultureVillamil, Maria B., Associate Editor–Organic and Production AgricultureWalsh, Olga S., Technical Editor–Soil and Nutrient ManagementZhang, Yao, Associate Editor–Models and BiometryCrops & Soils Magazine Editorial BoardWatters, Harold D., Regional Editor–Corn BeltNatural Sciences Education Editorial BoardHague, Steve, Associate EditorMahler, Robert L., Associate EditorMerkle, Bethann Garramon, Associate EditorAgrosystems, Geosciences & Environment Editorial BoardBaltensperger, David D., Senior EditorBandaru, Varaprasad, Associate EditorBheemanahalli, Ru, Associate EditorChatterjee, Amitava, Associate EditorCihacek, Larry J., Associate EditorDhakal, Kundan, Associate EditorDhillon, Jagmandeep Singh, Associate EditorFiorellino, Nicole, Associate EditorHatfield, Jerry L., EditorJat, Prahlad, Associate EditorLewis, Katie L., Associate EditorMcVane, Jodie M., Associate EditorRahman, Mukhlesur, Associate EditorRan, Nithya, Associate EditorSingh, Hardeep, Associate EditorSomenahally, Anil, Associate EditorStraw, Chase M., Associate EditorTubana, Brenda S., Associate EditorCrop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Editorial BoardAllen, Brett L., Associate Editor–Crop ManagementElmore, Matthew, Associate Editor–Applied Turfgrass ScienceHutchens, Wendell Joseph, Social Media Editor–Applied Turfgrass ScienceMcCurdy, James D., Associate Editor–Applied Turfgrass ScienceMcGraw, Benjamin A., Associate Editor–Applied Turfgrass ScienceNepal, Jaya, Social Media Editor–Crop ManagementParvej, Rasel, Associate Editor–Crop ManagementPatton, Aaron J., Technical Editor–Applied Turfgrass ScienceProctor, Christopher A., Associate Editor–Crop ManagementThe Plant Phenome JournalSandhu, Karansher Singh, Social Media EditorUrban Agriculture & Regional Food SystemsBufo, Sabino A., Associate EditorDaigh, Aaron L.M., Associate EditorDavidson, Debra, Associate EditorFriedrichsen, Claire Nicoli, Associate EditorMook, Anne, Associate EditorRusso, Alessio, Associate EditorSaia, Sergio, Associate EditorWesener, Andreas, Associate EditorAgricultural & Environmental LettersAlvarez Torres, Beverly, Social Media EditorBhatta, Madhav, Associate EditorIsmail, Abdelbagi M., Technical EditorKral‐O’Brien, Katherine, Associate EditorMalone, Robert W., Associate EditorO’Brien, Peter, Associate EditorRay, Ram Lakhan, Associate EditorSchlossberg, Maxim J., Associate EditorShrestha, Anil, Associate EditorWhite, Paul M., Technical EditorJournal of Environmental QualityAlvarez Santos, Eduardo, Associate EditorBansal, Sheel, Associate EditorBlackburn, Daniel Menezes, Associate EditorBorisover, Mikhail, Associate EditorCorno, Gianluca, Associate EditorDegryse, Fien, Associate EditorGanjegunte, Girisha Keshavamurthy, Associate EditorJamieson, Rob C., Associate EditorKumaragam, Darshani, Associate EditorLamorski, Krzysztof, Associate EditorLintern, Anna, Associate EditorLiu, Jian, Associate EditorLoecke, Terry D., Associate EditorMacrae, Merrin L., Science Communications EditorMaharjan, Bijesh, Associate EditorMashtare, Mich, Associate EditorMish, Y.G., Associate EditorMurphy, Paul N., Associate EditorOelbermann, Maren, Associate EditorPreisendanz, Heather E., Technical EditorPreza‐Fontes, Giovani, Social Media EditorShukla, Sanjay, Associate EditorStrawn, Daniel G., Technical EditorStuckey, Jason Wayne, Associate EditorUzun, Habibullah, Associate EditorYing, Samantha C., Associate EditorZhao, Jian, Associate EditorZhu‐Barker, Xia, Associate EditorZvomuya, Francis, Associate EditorMethods of Soil AnalysisChintala, Resh, MemberCrop ScienceBaisakh, Niranjan, Associate Editor–Div. C‐1, C‐7Dhankher, Om Parkash, Associate Editor–Div. C‐7Foulkes, John, Associate Editor–Div. C‐3Gillman, Jason D., Technical Editor–Div. C‐9Hirsch, Cory, Associate Editor–Div. C‐1, C‐7Hoekenga, Owen, Associate Editor–Div. C‐9Hussain, Saddam, Associate Editor–Div. C‐2Lima, Marta R. M., Associate Editor–Div. C‐9Lorenz, Aaron J., Technical Editor–Div. C‐1, C‐8Ma, Xuefeng, Associate Editor–Div. C‐1Mason, Richard Esten, Technical Editor–Div. C‐1, C‐8Meng, Qingfeng, Associate Editor–Div. C‐2, C‐4Ober, Eric S., Associate Editor–Div. C‐3Perez‐Rodriguez, Paulino, Associate Editor, StatistiRana, Sandeep Singh, Associate Editor–Div. C‐3Resende, Marcio F., Associate Editor–Div. C‐1, C‐8Samonte, Stanley Omar P., Associate Editor–Div. C‐1Sandhu, Devinder, Associate Editor–Div. C‐1, C‐7Schiavon, Marco, Associate Editor–Div. C‐5Schulte‐Geldermann, Elmar, Associate Editor–Div. C‐3Scott, M. Paul, EditorSeguin, Philippe, Associate Editor–Div. C‐3Shi, Ainong, Associate Editor–Div. C‐7Tobias, Christian M., Associate Editor–Div. C‐7Valliyodan, Babu, Associate Editor–Div. C‐9Wang, Diane R., Associate Editor–Div. C‐1, C‐2, C‐7Wherley, Benjamin G., Associate Editor–Div. C‐5Yan, Weikai, Associate Editor–Div. C‐1, C‐8Journal of Plant RegistrationsDa Silva, Jorge A., Associate EditorJoy, Kolbyn S., Associate EditorPuppala, Naveen, Associate EditorZhang, Guorong G., Associate EditorThe Plant GenomeBatley, Jacqueline, Associate EditorBelzile, Francois, Associate EditorBlanco, Bárbara, Associate EditorBohn, Martin, Associate EditorChan, Ting Fung, Associate EditorChen, Xiaoping, Associate EditorChen, Z. Jeffrey, Associate Editorde los Reyes, Benildo G., Associate EditorDeshmukh, Rupesh, Associate EditorDevos, Katrien M., Associate EditorHickey, Lee T., Associate EditorJacobs, Thomas Benmin, Associate EditorKhan, Awais, Associate EditorKong, Fanjiang, Associate EditorLam, Hon‐Ming, Associate EditorLee, Suk‐Ha, Associate EditorLi, Xianran, Associate EditorMace, Emma, Associate EditorMandlik, Rushil, Social Media EditorMeksem, Khalid, Associate EditorNguyen, Henry T., EditorPapa, Roberto, Associate EditorPepper, Alan E, Associate EditorQiu, Li‐Juan, Associate EditorRossini, Laura, Associate EditorSong, Qijian, Associate EditorSreenivasulu, Nese, Associate EditorThomson, Michael J., Associate EditorTorkamaneh, Davoud, Science Communications EditorVan Deynze, Allen, Associate EditorWang, Kan, Associate EditorYan, Liuling, Associate EditorYu, Jianming, Associate EditorZhang, Feng, Associate EditorZhuang, Weijian, Associate EditorSoil Science Society of America JournalAburto, Felipe Andres, Technical Editor–Pedology; Soil Mineralogy; Wetland Soils DivisonsCook, Rachel Louise, Associate Editor–Forest, Range and Wildland Soils DivisionDavis, Dedrick D., Associate Editor–Soil Physics and Hydrology DivisionDeb, Sanjit K., Associate Editor–Soil Physics and Hydrology DivisionDuckworth, Owen William, Associate Editor–Soil Chemistry DivisionFernandez, Fabian G., Associate Editor–Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition; Nutrient Management and Soil and Plant Analysis DivisionsGarcia y Garcia, Axel, Associate Editor–Soil and Water Management and Conservation DivisionHe, Yan, Associate Editor–Soil Chemistry DivisionKabengi, Nadine J., Associate Editor–Soil Chemistry DivisionKumar, Sandeep, Associate Editor–Soil and Water Management and Conservation DivisionMargenot, Andrew John, Associate Editor–Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition; Nutrient Management and Soil and Plant Analysis DivisionsPeak, Derek, Associate Editor–Soil Chemistry DivisionRodrigues, Jorge M., Associate Editor–Soil Biology and Biochemistry DivisionRogers, Christopher W., Associate Editor–Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition DivisionSasidharan, Salini, Social Media EditorShukla, Manoj K., Technical Editor–Soil Physics and Hydrology DivisionWatts, Dexter B., Associate Editor–Soil and Water Management and Conservation DivisionWoodley, Alex L., Associate Editor–Soil and Water Management and Conservation DivisionVadose Zone JournalArthur, Emmanuel, Associate EditorBinley, Andrew, Associate EditorCaldwell, Todd G., Associate EditorDahlke, Helen, Associate EditorDarnault, Christophe J., Associate EditorEbel, Brian A., Associate EditorFeng, Gary, Associate EditorGhanbarian, Behzad, Associate EditorJones, Scott B., Associate EditorLazarovitch, Naftali, Associate EditorNeuweiler, Insa, Consulting EditorPinos, Juan, Social Media EditorRobinson, Clare, Associate EditorSchluter, Steffen, Associate EditorSen, Indra Sekhar, Associate EditorShang, Jianying, Associate EditorShokri, Nima, Associate Editorvan der Ploeg, Martine J., Associate EditorText © . 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