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February 2025 Crops & Soils cover

February 2025

Volume 58, Issue 2

Crops & Soils cover

Welcome to the new Crops & Soils!

January 1, 2025

There are numerous benefits to more diverse rotations, but breaking out of the two-crop corn–soybean rotation is not easy. Photo by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln CropWatch and courtesy of Javed Iqbal.

Diversifying beyond the corn-soybean rotation is possible, but comes with obstacles

December 31, 2024

USDA photo by Preston Keres.

Sulfur, the secretive limiting factor for alfalfa

December 30, 2024

Sam Dixon, dairy farm manager at Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, VT, applies biochar to an earthen manure pit. Photo courtesy of Shelburne Farms.

Does applying biochar suppress emissions from manure applications?

December 30, 2024

Continuous measurement flux-gradient technique

4R fertilizer management strategies help tame N₂O emissions in Manitoba

December 23, 2024

Biosolids

Biosolids in the dryland Pacific Northwest seven years after application

December 13, 2024

A tractor pulling a sensor that measures apparent electrical conductivity (ECa). Photo courtesy of Rintaro Kinoshita and originally published here: https://bit.ly/3BwSIPO

Using Soil Sensors to Assess Soil Salinity

December 12, 2024

Seeder planting cover crops into standing corn. Photo by Jeff Sanders.

Improving cover crop interseeding in northern climates

December 11, 2024

Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/Yaroslav.

Potential Blind Spots and Hot Spots for Nutrient Loss

December 10, 2024

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