If it stays dry this spring, it may be advantageous to minimize or eliminate surface tillage this year. – James Hoorman, Hoorman Soil Health Services

“The most common question I have gotten this week is what is the earliest date I can plant with my crop insurance.” – Jason Williamson, of Williamson Crop Insurance

As we measure changes in the fungal community, we are using a DNA based approach and extracting all the nucleic acids that are present in our soil sample, and then we use a sequencing technology to identify the specific group of fungi found in the soil.

One research objective is to identify groups of microorganisms which consistently and positively correlate with soybean yield benefits within a corn-soybean rotation, that includes cereal rye and radish.

When plants are healthy, they transmit more energy into the soil in the form of root exudates and sugars to feed the microbes.

By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Ohio Field Leader: a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and soybean checkoff. Weed control is one of the major challenges …

The annual value of insect pollinated crops is $29 billion per year and about 80% of flowering plants need pollinators to survive.

Nutrients can also be classified as how mobile they are in plant tissue. 

“Drought is not typically assigned in the winter months due to cooler temperatures, lower evaporation rates, and not having growing crops.”