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Photo by Bruce Dupree/Alabama Extension.

Economic impact of prohexadione calcium for managing vine growth in runner market-type peanut

July 6, 2021

Turning over a vigorous ryegrass, hairy vetch, oat cover crop blend prior to planting tomatoes in Davis, CA.

Assessing soil health: Putting it all together

July 6, 2021

Jay Noller (left), director and lead researcher of the Oregon State University Global Hemp Innovation Center, and Lloyd Nackley, a hemp researcher, at the launch of the center. Photo courtesy of Oregon State University.

Making hemp a 21st century commodity in Oregon—and beyond

July 6, 2021

News update

May 27, 2021

One-pass planting and fertilizing in Manitoba. Photo by Don Flaten.

4R management of phosphorus fertilizer in the Northern Great Plains

May 27, 2021

Cover crop options for interseeding in sugarbeet (clockwise from top left: winter rye, camelina, flax, white mustard, and pea).

Adoption of cover crop interseeding within sugarbeet in the Red River Valley

May 27, 2021

A Michigan grower and his grandson standing in a field of mixed cover crop species, which provide numerous benefits, including the ability to have an advantage when bidding for rented land.

Assessing on-farm economics of soil health

May 27, 2021

Stewardship, conservation, organic, sustainable, climate smart, soil health, carbon farming, and regenerative agriculture are among the common terms floating around in the agriculture universe to describe the systems that lead to better outcomes for farmers, their communities, and the environment. There is a great deal of commonality in the recommended farm practices among these systems. Photo by Jason Johnson, USDA-NRCS Iowa.

Sustainability by any other name

May 27, 2021

Applying potassium to a field. Source: Design Pics Inc./Alamy Stock Photo.

The potassium paradox

May 27, 2021

Analyses need to be accurate and precise as done by trained, professional personnel in a laboratory with excellent quality assurance/quality control. Pictured here is Rachel Buck, Laboratory Manager of the BYU Environmental Analytical Laboratory, using an atomic adsorption spectrophotometer for soil analysis. Source: BYU Photography.

Plant tissue testing: How precise Is my lab data?

May 27, 2021

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