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Building Healthier Soil with Compost Extracts

By Kendra Downing posted on July 8, 2026 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Compost extracts produced with equipment from Hiwassee Products and implemented by AgriBio Systems, are improving nutrient efficiency, soil structure, water infiltration and system resilience for farmers.

How Soil Life Contributes to Soil Health

By Katja Koehler-Cole and Carolina Córdova posted on April 1, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Microbes, nutrients and other natural processes work together to create healthy soil for optimum crop growth.

Building Soil Biology Boosts No-Till Goals, Fights Drought

By Brian O'Connor posted on November 2, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Wayne Volkl, co-owner of SWJ Consulting, says no-tillers need to focus on fungi, the most efficient piece of the biological puzzle, when building their soil biology.

Corteva Touts Nitrogen Products as Input Prices Rise

Company researchers say improving nitrogen use efficiency and enabling plants to produce their own nitrogen are the top issues for future development.

By Brian O'Connor posted on May 2, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management

As nitrorgen (N) prices continue to soar, a panel of experts from the agriscience company Corteva recommend a few tips to help manage nitrogen carefully.

Soil Microbes Persist Through National Mall Facelift

February 6, 2018 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: American Society of Agronomy

It’s not every day United States history mixes with microbes in the soil. But when the turf on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. was replaced, it offered scientists the opportunity to study changes in the soil underneath.

No-Till Notes

Why Corn Stalks Won’t Decay And What To Do About It

No-tillers who find Bt stalks are hanging around a little too often should take a hard look at the ‘soil animals’ in their fields — they’re in the driver’s seat.

By Daniel Davidson posted on January 1, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Residue Management, Soil Health

Toughened corn stalks are the bane of raising high-yielding corn today.

Are Soil Nematodes Beneficial Or Harmful?

December 30, 2013 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: By Christina Curell, Michigan State University Extension

Nematodes are often talked about in a quiet fearful voice. The image of the small microscopic worms can bring grown men to their knees. Unfortunately like many things in our world, a few? apples have ruined the entire bushel.

Crop Insights: Nitrogen Fertilizer for Soybean?

November 15, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: John P. Schmidt, DuPont Pioneer Research Scientist

Unlike corn, wheat and most other row crops grown in North America, soybean is able to obtain its own nitrogen (N) through the process of N fixation. N fixation is achieved through an intricate biological relationship between soybean and a particular species of soil bacteria, Bradyrhizobium japonicum. The bacteria obtain sugars from soybean to use as their energy source, and soybean obtains N from the bacteria.

‘Fencerow Farming’ Can Lead To Higher Yields, Better Soil Health

Dean Glenney’s 18 years of no-tilling attracted beneficial bacteria and increased his supply of ‘free’ fertilizer, creating record-breaking no-till corn yields in Ontario.

By Laura Barrera posted on October 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

In Haldimand County, Ontario, about 40 miles west of Buffalo, N.Y., Dean Glenney is breaking records.

Wet Weather, Severe Conditions Could Spread Goss's Wilt

July 22, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: DuPont Pioneer

While Goss's wilt wasn't a significant problem in 2012, more intense storm systems this year could cause it to emerge as a problem for corn growers as the disease continues its movement eastward from the Great Plains. This disease can overwinter in the soil and crop debris for a few years, so if growers have had a problem before, it could be an issue again this year,says Scott Heuchelin, DuPont Pioneer research scientist, plant pathology.

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