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Getting rice to chill in the wake of a warming planet

January 23, 2026

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Soil riddles: February 2026

January 23, 2026

Society award nominations are open.

2026 Society award nominations are now open

January 22, 2026

The opening ceremony at CANVAS 2025 in Salt Lake City last November included a powerful Indigenous dance performance. Photo courtesy of W. Scott Mitchell.

Honoring Indigenous lands and living cultures at CANVAS 2025

January 22, 2026

Switchgrass growing in eastern Nebraska. Photo by Peggy Greb, USDA-ARS.

Switchgrass biofuel: Better than corn?

January 22, 2026

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

January 21, 2026

A rover equipped with a cosmic-ray neutron sensing system for soil moisture mapping, representing one of several geophysical tools applied in agriculture. Photo courtesy of Trenton E. Franz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Trends in agricultural geophysics

January 20, 2026

Winter cover crops growing in a cotton–corn rotation system at the R. R. Foil Plant Science Research Center in Starkville, MS. Photo courtesy of Wei Dai, postdoctoral research associate and first author on the study.

Cover crops enhance carbon and nitrogen storage in soil microaggregates

January 20, 2026

Tile drainage sump pit for monitoring water flow and collecting samples for nitrate analysis. Photo courtesy of Sabrina Ruis, USDA-ARS (Boone County, IA).

Diversified organic farming reduces nitrogen leaching losses

January 20, 2026

Sarah Peery, coauthor on a new study published in the journal Crop Science, collects wheat for late-maturity alpha amylase testing at the soft dough stage of grain development. Photo courtesy of Camille M. Steber, USDA-ARS.

Genetic connections between wheat preharvest sprouting and late maturity alpha-amylase

January 20, 2026

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