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Kansas State took first place in the both the Kansas City and Chicago Collegiate Crops Contests in 2025. From left to right: Ella Pachta, Collin Mills, and Karlie Albright.

Kansas State wins 2025 national crops contests

January 26, 2026

The ACS Graduate Student Committee led a variety of initiatives this year to benefit fellow students and early-career professionals. One of these resources was the Graduate Student Leadership Conference, held at CANVAS 2025. Photo courtesy of W. Scott Mitchell.

Looking back on 2025

January 26, 2026

Global youth caucus combats land degradation and connects young professionals in science and environmental policy

January 21, 2026

Students presenting posters during CANVAS 2025 in Salt Lake City.

Undergraduate students network, compete, learn, and have fun at CANVAS 2025

December 19, 2025

The Collegiate Crops Team from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville secured first place overall at the Regional Collegiate Crops Judging Contest held on the UW-Platteville campus on October 18. Left panel, l to r: Marissa Folkers, Sydney Rider, and Delaney Salm. Right panel: Sydney Rider.

University of Wisconsin–Platteville finishes first at Regional Collegiate Crops Judging Contest

December 12, 2025

Contest day for the Region 7 Collegiate Soil Judging Competition that took place Oct. 23–25, 2025 at Talbott Farms in Palisade, CO. Participants examine soil profiles on a colluvial hill slope (left) and an alluvial stream terrace (right). Photo by Susan Melzer.

Colorado State University hosts 2025 Northwest Regional Collegiate Soil Judging Competition

November 17, 2025

These students are all smiles after competing in the Region 6 Collegiate Soil Judging Contest in October.

A Soil-ebration of land and people

November 13, 2025

Oklahoma State University, coached by Dr. Daniel Adamson (far left), finished first at the 2025 Region 4 Collegiate Soil Judging Contest on October 9 in Benton County, Arkansas.

Results of the 2025 Region 4 Collegiate Soil Judging Contest

November 10, 2025

Scene from the 2025 Southeast Regional Collegiate Soils Contest. Photo by John Kelley.

Results from the 2025 Southeast Regional Collegiate Soils Contest

November 6, 2025

The soil judging team from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

Results from the 2025 Northeast Regional Soil Judging Contest

November 5, 2025

Call for Papers: Intercropping for Sustainable Agriculture

Call for Papers: Rice Genomics

Call for Papers: Crop Production in Mexico

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