Farmer in tractor preparing land for sowing. (Adobe Stock │ #68259903 - oticki)

Dust storms in Illinois: Identifying farm solutions

  • By Kevin Brooks, Rachel Curry, Duane Friend and Tara Heath │ University of Illinois Extension
Gabe Brown (courtesy photo.)

Soil health more important than ever

At the end of March, students of Mary Foltz, assistant professor in the OSU School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, placed chambers in Oklahoma State University wheat fields to measure carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)

Environmental solutions through cover cropping

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

Kansas State University agriculture economist Elizabeth Yeager says double-cropped soybeans increase profits, and cropping systems agronomist Kraig Roozeboom says they positively influence soil characteristics, though not to the same degree as some cover crops. (Kansas State University Research and Extension)

Intensify sorghum systems with double-cropped soybeans

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Win Biologics sales representative Raeann Magill, left, and company owner Carolyn Wingate pose with the hot pink urea they sell to farmers. (Journal photo by Tim Unruh.)

Hot Pink fits for regenerative farming firm

A farmer plants soybeans into a cover crop stand of cereal. (Photo courtesy of Jason Johnson/Iowa NRCS)

Collaboration to explore impact of cover crops

(Journal stock photo.)

Cover crops are part of disaster recovery