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Energizing, Motivating Lectureships on Tap in San Antonio

September 3, 2024

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Alan Franzluebbers

Journal Editor Appointments for 2025

September 9, 2024

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Kaiyu Guan

Energizing, Motivating Lectureships on Tap in San Antonio

September 3, 2024

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Publications

Alan Franzluebbers

Journal Editor Appointments for 2025

September 9, 2024

Meetings

Kaiyu Guan

Energizing, Motivating Lectureships on Tap in San Antonio

September 3, 2024

News & Perspectives

Publications

Alan Franzluebbers

Journal Editor Appointments for 2025

September 9, 2024

Meetings

Kaiyu Guan

Energizing, Motivating Lectureships on Tap in San Antonio

September 3, 2024

Careers & Education

Figure 1. Web Soil Survey https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx.

Empowering Research: A Guide to Useful Open-Source Data

September 2, 2024

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The feasibility of the SLAKES app, which provides an accurate, inexpensive, and fast method to determine soil aggregate stability, has been assessed for coarser-grained soil aggregates, opening opportunities to expand it for use in more soil textures. See story on page 4. Cover photo courtesy of AdobeStock/Bits and Splits.

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Sorghum, shown growing here, is an important crop in Kansas. Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension and reprinted here under this license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.

Complete Nitrogen Management Effect on Sorghum and Corn

September 11, 2024

Field day at on-farm cover crop research plots. Photo by Carlos B. Pires.

Perspective of U.S. Farmers on Collaborative On-Farm Research

September 11, 2024

Harvested acres of cotton in the U.S. in 2017. Image by the USDA Economic Research Service.

Imbalanced Data From U.S. Cotton Variety Test

September 11, 2024

Ana Paula Sanchez Bustamente Bailon, the first author of this study, (left) adjusts a control structure to make sure water is routed cor- rectly into a bioreactor and (right) assesses different kinds of wood- chips for use in a bioreactor. Photos by Laura Christianson/UIUC.

Are Woodchip Bioreactors a Phosphorus Source or Sink?

September 10, 2024

The explained percent variation across all 3,112 NIRS bands in this study (A) and genotypic values of all NIRS bands displayed for each environ- ment (B). CS11 and CS12 denote the year data were collected (2011 and 2012) while WS denotes water-stressed conditions and WW denotes well-watered conditions. Image from DeSalvio et al. 2024.

Nondestructive Spectroscopy of Kernels Helps Predict Maize Agronomic Traits

September 10, 2024

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Soil Physics and Hydrology: A Tribute to Rien van Genuchten

September 9, 2024

Cracks and soil clumps called “aggregates” can form when saline-sodic, high-clay soil dries out. Soil moisture, clay content, and aggregate size all affect soil aggregate stability. Photo by Peggy Greb, USDA-ARS.

Scrutinizing SLAKES

September 1, 2024

Science explained

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Greenhouses Boost Chili Yield, Quality

September 1, 2024

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