Much of Kansas experienced relatively cool, wet weather throughout most of June. However, temperatures climbed quickly this week, and the 30-day forecast from the Climate Prediction Center indicates an increased probability of warmer-than-normal temperatures across most of Kansas. If you are planning herbicide applications, here are some things to consider when applying herbicides during hot weather.

In this edition:

• Soil health and conservation
• In-season temporal variability of soil carbon and nitrogen pools after half a century of a tillage and crop rotation gradient.
• Soil organic matter: The heart of soil health.
• Cover Crops and Sustainable Agriculture.
• Soil health and disturbance-based classification of farming systems.
• Chapter 11. Cover Crop Mixes for Diversity, Carbon and Conservation Agriculture.
• Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration and Distribution, Soil Biological Characteristics, and Winter Wheat Yields Under Different Tillage Practices in Long-Term Field Experiment.

In this edition:

• No-Tillage System: A genuine Brazilian technology that meets current global demands
• Nature’s laws of declining soil productivity and Conservation Agriculture.
• Soil carbon storage or sustainable conservation agriculture practices—Which should be our goal?

In this edition:

• Integrated soil health management influences soil properties: Insights from a U.S. Midwest study.
• Furrow Irrigated Long-Term No-Till and Conventional-Till Soil Evaluation in the Mid-South USA.
• Cross-Effect Between Cover Crops and Glyphosate-Based Herbicide Application on Microbiote Communities in Field Crops Soils.
• Responses of soil reactive nitrogen losses and nitrogen pools to straw mulching.

Tank-mixing herbicides and other agrichemicals is a necessary practice to increase weed control and use machine hours wisely. This article gives a brief overview of the principles of tank-mix order for herbicide applications.