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Forage accumulation in this study was assessed by harvesting the entire plot at a 10-cm stubble height, and botanical composition was performed manually to estimate the proportion of alfalfa, bermudagrass, and weed components in each plot. Photo by Esteban Rios.

Strategies help manage bermudagrass competition with alfalfa

November 4, 2022

Co-authors Newell Kitchen, a soil scientist with USDA-ARS (left), and Jeffrey Svedin, an agronomist with AgriNorthWest and lead author on the study, collect soil samples from a cornfield in central Missouri. Photo by Matthew Henry.

Pasture systems benefit soil health and grain yields

November 2, 2022

Examples of the range of phenotypic variation in maize germplasm held in the genebank of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Photo provided by Dr. Suketoshi Taba, CIMMYT.

Dependence on corn belt dent maize increases globally

November 2, 2022

Laxmi R. Prasad (foreground), a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and first author on the study, applies dairy manure on snow-covered frozen soil at the University of Wisconsin Arlington Agricultural Research Station to study runoff nutrient losses. Photo by Rachel Johnson and Edward Boswell.

Fall tillage reduced manure nutrient losses from frozen soils

November 2, 2022

Different models result in different optimum nitrogen rate estimates. Image by Fernando Miguez and Hanna Poffenbarger.

Improving estimated optimum fertilizer rates

November 2, 2022

Opposite page: Sampling for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a stream that wastewater discharges into. Photo by Tom Campbell, Purdue.

When chemicals go to the dark side

October 25, 2022

limited virtual annual meeting

Final chance to register for the limited virtual Annual Meeting

October 25, 2022

2022 Journal Outstanding Paper Awards

October 17, 2022

Soil Physics and Hydrology Division award winners

October 17, 2022

Producer Tony Wagnerand and Lee Briese, Certified Crop Adviser and Society member (right), look at soil quality. Photo by Abbey Wick.

Making agriculture carbon neutral

October 17, 2022

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