Watching an airplane that traditionally is used to spray row crops during the summer, more than 50 people, consisting of grain growers, agribusinesses and farming organizations, gathered north of Webster City Tuesday to watch a demonstration of aerial seeding of winter rye in a cornfield that was yet to be harvested.

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

Green-stem syndrome is where pods and seeds mature (turning harvest color and drydown) while the stems remain green.

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

Corn yields dropped 6 bushels per acre for every inch of driving error away from the edge of the strip, according to an Oklahoma State University research study.

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.