When we invest in nitrogen for our crop, shouldn’t we want a report card on how it worked? We can get that – with the fall stalk nitrate test (FSNT).

Leaving corn in the field during harvest always results in a yield penalty, Mark Hanna, Iowa State University ag engineer, says.

Ray Archuleta, NRCS East National Technology Support Center, explains that the health of the soil is improved by limiting disturbances.

Pennsylvania is looking into new ways to deal with the old problem of manure. This year, Pennsylvania is using a $225,000 federal grant to study the benefits of injecting manure into farm fields.

The American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America published a report titled “Agriculture’s Role in Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Capture.” The report highlights five ways to reduce emissions or increase capture of greenhouse gasses in agriculture.

While much of the attention in the crop markets has been focused on wheat and corn, soybean prices have shown strength even while trading in a wide range during the past 2 months.

Corn cobs could provide a future energy source, but farmers would have to receive a much higher price than previously thought to cover their costs and turn a profit, according to a Purdue University study.

Strip-tilled corn after soybeans yielded more 17.6 bushels per acre more than no-tilled corn in 2009 in head-to-head comparisons of five hybrids on-farm trials a the Conservation Cropping Systems Project near Forman, N.D.

Remote sensing will enable scientists to see if winter cover crops are improving water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.

The more recent strength in corn prices is related to concerns that the U.S. average yield may fall short of the USDA’s August 12 forecast of 165 bushels.