The adoption of no-till and other conservation tillage practices help keep significant amounts of crop residue on the soil surface, which can create some management challenges. These can include slow ...

Quality crops next year start with quality soil test data, which starts with Manitoba farmers using the best possible soil ...

The Delaware Nutrient Management Commission defines high phosphorus (P) soil as any soil with a Mehlich-3 soil test P concentration >150 FIV (equivalent to 150 ppm or 300 lb/ac). Fields with Mehlich-3 ...

In this week’s Boots In The Field podcast, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie addresses a 4R-type question regarding strip-till fertilizer placement. The grower says he currently is ...

Cover crops do more than remove nitrates. Cover crops that farmers plant in the fall to capture nitrogen also reduce soil erosion by holding soil with live roots that increase the fungi and bacteria ...

In a new study, a team sterilized a hydroponic nutrient solution using low-temperature plasma generated from electricity and the oxygen in the atmosphere. This new sterilization technique may allow ...