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University of Missouri Extension field specialist in agronomy Rudra Baral recommends a precise soil test every three years to help prevent buying and applying unneeded fertilizer. Photo courtesy of Rudra Baral.

Soil tests key to fertilizing warm-season forages

  • April 15, 2025
  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
(From left) Steve Tucker, a UNL alumni and an owner of Tucker Farms and AgriForce Seed in Venango, Nebraska; Robert Ellis, American Farmland Trust; and Paul Jasa, UNL Extension research engineer, discuss questions raised by the Nebraska Soil Health School attendees during the event’s discussion panel. (Photo by Bijesh Maharjan | Nebraska Extension)

Nebraska soil health school visits farmers

  • April 11, 2025
  • By Nicole Heldt
Twin Brooks, South Dakota, farmer David Kruger explained how he earns more profit per acre by using a corn-soybean-wheat crop in no-till fields compared to a corn-soybean rotation in conventionally tilled fields at the 2025 Soil Health Conference in Watertown, South Dakota. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota Soil Health Coalition.)

Regenerative ag can grow the bottom line

  • April 11, 2025
  • By Stan Wise
Cover crops growing in a field of no-till corn. (Photo courtesy of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.)

Iowa cover crop decision tool updated

  • April 11, 2025
  • By HPJ staff
(Photo courtesy of Noble Research Institute.)

OCC and Noble team up for grazing essentials conference

  • April 11, 2025
  • By HPJ staff

Crop rotation matters in the vegetable garden 

  • April 11, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
Hand of expert farmer collect soil and checking soil health. (Adobe Stock │ #479404040 - maxbelchenko)

80 South Dakota farmers needed for nationwide soil health project

  • April 9, 2025
  • By HPJ Staff

Herriman Farm receives 2024 Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award 

  • March 31, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
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