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Getting Fields Back in Shape: Tips for Dealing with Flooded Soils

Whether it’s the Carolinas, the Corn Belt or the Northeast, growers falling victim to late-season flooding have their work cut out for them to plan for spring recovery

By John Dobberstein posted on October 29, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

When catastrophic flooding occurs, the potential losses don’t just involve no-tilled crops, but the soil as well.

Digging Into the Principles of Regenerative Ag

By Dan Crummett, Angela Lovell, Martha Mintz, and Loretta Sorensen posted on March 12, 2021 | Posted in Residue Management, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Based on the principles of building healthy soil, regenerative ag aims to not only sustain farm productivity but to actually work with nature to regenerate the soil, increase biodiversity and enhance the farming ecosystem.

New Research on Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Reveals Interface for Nutrient Exchange

March 3, 2019

Source: ScienceDaily

Discovery by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center may be key to understanding nutrient and water uptake in crops, says ScienceDaily.

[Podcast] How Plants Find Their Food — the Behavioral Science Underlying Plant Nutrition

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we're joined by experimental plant ecologist J.C. Cahill from the University of Alberta to discuss root movement and foraging.

By John Dobberstein posted on December 27, 2018 | Posted in Nutrient Management

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we're joined by experimental plant ecologist J.C. Cahill from the University of Alberta to discuss root movement and foraging.

Leaf Molecules as Markers for Mycorrhizal Associations

September 25, 2018 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Phys.org

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, discovered that certain leaf metabolites can be used as markers for mycorrhizal associations.

Tying the Soil and Plant Together

Biostimulants offer no-tillers an affordable option to improve soil biological activity and boost yields without depleting soils.

By John Dobberstein posted on January 13, 2018 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

As the world’s population grows and uncertainty hangs over the viability of some herbicides and herbicide-tolerant cropping systems, it appears no-tillers aren’t hesitating to check out what ag biological products have to offer.

Four Major Impacts Mycorrhizae Has on No-Till Crops

‘Beneficial’ may not be what no-tillers think of fungi, but arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi is capable of protecting and nourishing plants, leading to higher yields for less cost.

By Laura Barrera posted on January 13, 2018 | Posted in Soil Health

Just underneath the soil surface are thousands of microorganisms, playing an important role not only in the soil, but the success of the crops planted into them.

Nutrient Uptake in Corn

December 11, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Source: By Stephen D. Strachan, Ph.D., DuPont Research Scientist

Nutrient uptake from the soil is a seven-step process, requiring input from the plant with participating elements of the roots, energy input, and vascular tissues.

View Plants as ‘Distinct Factories’

Understanding the complexity of plant and soil interactions, and the relationships among roots, nutrients and soil composition, is key to assessing future crop health.

By Mark McNeely posted on August 19, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Understanding the complexity of plant and soil interactions, and the relationships among roots, nutrients and soil composition, is key to assessing future crop health.

Tillage Limits Early-Season Phosphorus

May 1, 2017 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management, Water Management

Source: Grainews

Tillage may get you in the field faster, but it also disrupts mycorrhizae fungi networks, which relay nutrients and compounds to plants, says Grainews.

Articles Tagged with ''mycorrhizae''

Getting Fields Back in Shape: Tips for Dealing with Flooded Soils

Digging Into the Principles of Regenerative Ag

New Research on Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Reveals Interface for Nutrient Exchange

[Podcast] How Plants Find Their Food — the Behavioral Science Underlying Plant Nutrition

Leaf Molecules as Markers for Mycorrhizal Associations

Tying the Soil and Plant Together

Four Major Impacts Mycorrhizae Has on No-Till Crops

Nutrient Uptake in Corn

View Plants as ‘Distinct Factories’

Tillage Limits Early-Season Phosphorus

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