nitrogen management

Rusty Lee, MU Extension field specialist in agricultural systems technology, used AI and drone technology last season to diagnose irregular corn stands caused by a malfunctioning toolbar on a producer’s anhydrous ammonia applicator. (Photo by Linda Geist)
Corn, Crops, Tools and Tech

Drones can help diagnose ailing crops

Drone imagery and AI helped diagnose nitrogen-deficient corn in Missouri, guiding targeted applications that preserved yields. Read More

In this 2019 file photo, flooding in crop fields leaves behind debris and submerged plants that may die or suffer yield damage. (Photo by Linda Geist)
Corn, Crops, Floods, Forage Crops, Midwestern Region, Missouri, Soil Health, Soybeans

When fields stay wet

Letters to Editor, Opinion

Wheat and more … or less

Sorghum and stalk lodging

Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops

  • By Julie Wurth, Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation