Soil
The eastern half of the U.S. is plagued by 50 million acres of fragipan soil. Light in color, fragipan often starts at 1’ to 2’ below the surface and roughly averages 2’ to 4’ in thickness.
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The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) announces its new Soil Health Partnership (SHP), designed to help farmers enhance soil health.
Farmers may be wondering what all the wet weather they had this season is doing to their soil and what does that mean for next years crop? Pam Fretwell sits down with Kurt Seevers Technical Dev. Manager with Verdisian about that subject.
There is nitrogen in snow. In fact, snows before or after the ground has thawed can yield some great benefits to your soil.
Soils will work harder for you if you know what makes them tick
Farmers in Illinois might be tilling more land, but their interest in cover crops shows a willingness to adapt.
After several days of rain in recent weeks the majority of corn growing states are officially drought free—and in some cases looking more like lakes than fields. For young corn seedlings, continued pounding rain could compound pest problems and even lead to replant.
Taking a soil physical is one way to find the strengths and weaknesses in its overall health.
One of the contributing factors to our alfalfa stand losses is a root rot called Aphanomyces race 2. The prolonged wet conditions allowed this root disease to finish off already-weakened alfalfa crowns.