Scientists at the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service recently developed a simple, web-based tool that helps producers easily understand the quality of water flowing off their fields — the Water Quality Index for Agricultural Runoff (WQIag).

Josie Dallam, a freshman majoring in Life Sciences Communication, is the first recipient of the Frank Lessiter Ag Media Scholarship, an annual award that recognizes a Univ. of Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences student pursuing a career in agricultural trade media.

Voluntary program allows producers to maintain or increase productivity of their operations while also conserving natural resources.

This is a revision of an article we published in C.O.R.N. two years ago, when rain kept us out of fields until early June in some cases.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln greenhouse studies have confirmed glyphosate resistance in common waterhemp from six Nebraska counties: Antelope, Dodge, Lancaster, Pawnee, Seward, and Washington.

There have been more reports of unsuccessful burndown of cover crop and volunteer wheat this spring.

The late University of Kentucky agronomist Shirley Phillips is known worldwide as one of the fathers of no-till agriculture. To honor him for his impact on Brazilian agriculture, a delegation from the Brazilian Federation of No-Tillage presented the UK College of Agriculture with a bronze bust of Phillips.

A tool developed by USDA scientists can help agribusiness model phosphorus loss in runoff and determine ways to reduce these losses.

Corn grown in rotation with another crop usually yields more than corn grown after corn.

The objectives of any spray application are to balance productivity, efficacy, and prevent off-site movement of pesticides.