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Preserving biodiversity and natural enemies is an IPM tactic to help keep pest populations below economic thresholds. Shown here are lacewing larva eating soybean aphids. Photo by David Cappaert, Bugwood.org.

IPM toolkit preservation

May 3, 2021

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Protecting plant stands: Peanut industry moves quickly to address emerging disease threat

May 3, 2021

Photo: United Soybean Board.

Tips for managing late-planted soybeans

April 3, 2021

Source: Flickr/MPCA.

Careful placement allows manure to replace starter phosphorus in corn

March 11, 2021

Nutrient stewardship

Nutrient use efficiency—A metric to inform 4R nutrient stewardship

March 10, 2021

Community-based management of herbicide-resistant weeds brings neighbors together to reach a threshold where enough farmers are managing herbicide resistance to minimize local spread. Photo by Terry Tindall.

Community management of herbicide-resistant weeds in the Pacific Northwest

March 10, 2021

Symptoms associated with cotton leafroll dwarf virus: blistering in new leaf growth (left) and downward cupping (right). Photo courtesy of Dr. Judith K. Brown, University of Arizona.

Cotton leafroll dwarf disease: An emerging virus disease on cotton in the U.S.

March 10, 2021

Chickpea intercropped with flax in a field south of Taber, Alberta. This intercrop is generally grown to reduce disease issues in chickpea.

Intercropping pulse and oilseed crops in southern Alberta

March 10, 2021

CPSS

Newly certified

March 4, 2021

Fabián Fernández, a soil scientist and extension specialist at the University of Minnesota, is the author of a recent article in Agronomy Journal that examines how yield and root growth in corn and soybean crops are affected by tillage, fertilizer application rates, and fertilizer placement.

Managing phosphorus and potassium Is key in conservation tillage systems

March 3, 2021

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