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Soil Riddles

Question mark inside a magnifying glass, laying on soil.

Soil riddles: October 2026

September 30, 2026

Question mark inside a magnifying glass, laying on soil.

Soil riddles: September 2026

August 28, 2026

Features

Photo by Gabriel Paiao. This image was modified to remove some text labels using Adobe Firefly AI tools.

Agriculture and statistics: How they shaped each other

September 29, 2026

Winter rye crop in a no-till corn field in Iowa in the spring. Photo by Tom Kasper (USDA-ARS).

Integrating wheat and other small grains into the corn–soybean rotation

August 31, 2026

Science briefs

A diseased sorghum plant. Photo courtesy of Xiaocui Chen.

Using immune receptor genes to inform rice, maize, and sorghum breeding programs

September 21, 2026

Representative diversity in seed size, shape, and seed coat color among large-seeded soybean accessions evaluated for edamame breeding. A conventional soybean accession is shown in the lower-right corner for comparison, highlighting the larger seed size of the edamame germplasm. Photo courtesy of Chengjun Wu, Rafael Marmo, and Caio Canella Vieira, University of Arkansas.

Phenotypic and genotypic analyses of edamame soybean provide valuable germplasm for U.S. breeding programs

September 14, 2026

Evaluation of various empirical methods for estimation of suspended load (sediment kept in suspension). Figure courtesy of Chrakan Ibrahim Taher.

Integrating empirical and AI approaches improves sediment load prediction

September 11, 2026

Stratified soil samples being collected in a long-term no-tillage rice-soybean rotation trial established in 2007 at the Rice Research and Extension Center, near Stuttgart, AR. Photo courtesy of Gerson Drescher, Assistant Professor of Soil Fertility at the University of Arkansas.

Refining sample guidelines for soil health assessment

September 8, 2026

Presidents Picks

President's pick: SSSA Research October 2026

President's pick: SSSA Research October 2026

September 17, 2026

Down to Earth

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Beef—it’s what’s for dinner, thanks to carbon

September 10, 2026

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