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Triticale. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/Anselm.

Breeders discover new hope for Fusarium resistance in triticale

August 7, 2025

Photo courtesy of Flickr/K-State Research and Extension. Published under this license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

Rewriting the rules for water use in the High Plains

July 11, 2025

AI-generated image courtesy of Adobe Stock/by Gro.

Understanding soil carbon: Key ingredient to build healthy soils

June 23, 2025

Astronaut Kayla Barron checks out chile peppers growing inside the International Space Station. Photo of Kayla and the Earth courtesy of NASA (under this license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en). Background space image courtesy of Adobe Stock (Iuliia Sokolovska).

To boldly go

May 20, 2025

Soil moisture management and carbon sequestration

Role of soil moisture management and carbon sequestration in agriculture on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions

May 19, 2025

A watercolor painting by soil scientist Gerd Wessolek depicting the effects of groundwater lowering on soil organic matter mineralization, water, and nitrate transport to the groundwater. Image by Gerd Wessolek.

Drawing, writing, and painting with soils

May 16, 2025

This image is reprinted from Wysocka et al. (2025; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14071003) under this license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and is not associated with the research discussed below.

Modern wheat classes converge in grain mineral nutrition—and that’s not great news

April 21, 2025

Inherited landscapes: Ancient Maya land use and soil transformation

February 26, 2025

Sharpley poses for a photo to illustrate his commitment to clean waterways and drinking water, coupled with the importance of agriculture. Photo courtesy of Deanna Osmond.

Through the lens of phosphorus

February 25, 2025

Producers and crop advisers in the Intermountain West rely on diverse sources of information about soil health management, from YouTube videos to demo day events. Photo courtesy of Tony Richards.

Soil health management practices in the diverse Intermountain West

February 25, 2025

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