Southeast and Mid-South

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

CPSS

Newly certified

May 27, 2021

Todd Steinacher was named this year’s CCA of the Year.

Steinacher named 2021 ICCA of the Year

May 27, 2021

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

Webinar: The High Cost of Inefficient Nitrogen

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