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Dianna Bagnall (right) examines soil during a field visit with a colleague. The Soil Health Institute aims to make sustainable ag practices profitable for U.S. farmers. Their work wouldn’t be possible without federal funding. Photo courtesy of Dianna Bagnall.

Federally funded research: A good investment

November 21, 2025

Sangamesh (Sangu) Angadi has been appointed as Chair of the ACS320 Book and Multimedia Publishing Committee, starting in January 2026.

Angadi to chair book, multimedia committee

November 21, 2025

Tar spot lesions on a corn leaf. As the disease progresses, the black lesions will increase in size and coalesce. Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021, at a field trial in Coldwater, MI. Photo courtesy of Harkirat Kaur.

Tar spot’s hidden cost to silage corn yield and nutritive value

November 21, 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

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Complementary phenotyping approaches for studying genetic basis of maize root system architecture

November 17, 2025

Clockwise from top: Aerial image of the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Aspirational Cropping System Experiment (photo courtesy of Ruben Ulbrich, KBS LTAR); Red clover cover crops in maturing wheat (photo courtesy of G. Philip Robertson, KBS LTAR); and canola being harvested from a five-crop regenerative cropping system experiment (photo courtesy of Gavin Hutchings, KBS LTAR).

Regenerative transition costs are tractable

November 17, 2025

U.S. capitol

Government shutdown ends, USDA funding finalized

November 17, 2025

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) image of wheat chromosomes revealing the location of wheatgrass chromosome segments (red, labeled with arrows) that impart resistance to wheat streak mosaic virus, Triticum mosaic virus, and stem rust race Ug99. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dal-Hoe Koo, Kansas State University.

FISHing for plant chromosomes

November 13, 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

Lee Briese is a crop consultant with CENTROL in North Dakota and a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA).

A day in the life: Lee Briese

November 12, 2025

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