As the growing season for soybeans progresses, the plants may begin showing signs of chlorosis or other leaf discoloration in all or parts of the field. There may be many causes of this discoloration. Nutrient deficiencies are one possibility.
Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.
“Ultimately, good nitrogen management is about adapting, both to your field’s characteristics and to the season’s unpredictability,” says Bill Long, Pioneer field agronomist.
Here are over 40 actionable ideas, tips and observations from the most recent roundtable discussions at the National Strip-Tillage and No-Tillage Conferences.
Obviously this goes against many of the concepts we emphasize in No-Till Farmer, but I was interested in understanding the “why” behind this no-till farmer’s decision to plow again on heavy soils.
Liz Haney. Russell Hedrick. Jerry Hatfield. Roy Pfaltzgraff. Lance Gunderson. David Kleinschmidt. Dan Luepkes. Sarah Martello. Talk about a cavalcade of All-Stars. With heavy hitters like those on the program, we knew this year’s Big Soil Health Event was once again going to be a can’t-miss event.
Kansas State University researchers received a $2 million award from the National Science Foundation to develop sensors that can more accurately detect nutrients, chemical compounds, soil microbiomes and greenhouse gases in soil.
With Palmer amaranth becoming more herbicide-resistant, producers are pushing to find new ways to control it, such as using a rye cover crop to suppress it.
Jon Stevens says his corn had front row seats on the struggle bus because Mother Nature just wasn’t cooperating. But the Rock Creek, Minn., no-tiller made some last-minute adjustments to get his corn back on trackAnd as he explains in our Video of the Week, those adjustments likely saved his crop.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we catch up with young Kentucky no-tiller Quint Pottinger to see how he autonomously planted his entire crop in 2026. Senior editor John Dobberstein checks in from the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour in Scotland Neck, N.C., where no-tiller Zeb Winslow III talks about his multi-species cover crop program.
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