Karlen grows peas, lentils, corn, soybeans, winter wheat and spring wheat. Karlen says he saw what was happening in China back in January and February and has tried to plan ahead to alleviate his concerns for his crops.

A soil health webinar series launches today as part of the Soil Health Institute’s Healthy Soils for Sustainable Cotton project. New episodes will be offered weekly from now until mid-May on the Institute’s YouTube Channel and Soil Health Training webpage.

University of Nebraska Extension shares the results of their study investigating the impact of planting date, row spacing, seeding rates, and nitrogen management on yield and yield components of irrigated soybean in southwest Nebraska.

Kansas State University Extension shares some considerations for dealing with weeds popping up after the flooding problems farmers experienced in 2019.

After taking a break from doing the survey the last 2 years, USDA's SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) is once again sending out a national cover crop survey to farmers and needs your input.

Anyone interested in growing pulse crops will have an opportunity to learn more through a podcast series that North Dakota State University plant pathologist Audrey Kalil initiated in collaboration with Future of Ag, Soil Sense podcaster Tim Hammerich.

Signed into law on March 27, the CARES Act provides more than $2 trillion in economic stimulus. This Market Intel from the Farm Bureau delves into provisions of the CARES Act and explains that the extent to which the legislation will help ag producers depends on how some provisions are interpreted by the Small Business Administration.

The $2 trillion appropriations bill known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides funding to the USDA for salaries and other expenses to cover costs for response efforts as well as reimbursement for funds previously spent in direct assistance to producers. University of Illinois economists explain how the funding will be used.

In case you missed them, here are the items that have garnered the most interest from farmers in the month of March.