Understanding Crop Nutrients
Let’s take a trip back in time to 6th grade science – and class, today we’re going to review the Periodic Table of Elements. [...]
PODCAST: Soil Compaction Restoration
CCA Soy Envoy, Dave Rahe, looks at soil compaction caused by planting in less than ideal soil conditions and what soybean growers can do [...]
Seeing is Believing
In modern production agriculture, sometimes we need to see proof before we can believe. Every year growers perform on-farm research trials to search for [...]
Improving Soil Health
Soil health is a popular topic today. Many entities including NRCS, universities, non-profits and private companies are promoting soil health and how to improve [...]
Soil Compaction: The “Gift” That Keeps on Giving
This article originially appeared on the Corny News Network. Soils in Indiana have been too wet for field work almost since last fall. What [...]
Cold, Wet, Frustrating
We can sum up fall and winter, and now spring, in a few words; cold, wet, frustrating. While we still want to plant as [...]
WEBINAR: Importance of Aggregation for Soil Health
In this webinar we go in-depth and learn more about how aggregates are an important part of a healthy soil. We’ll start with the [...]
Bringing Soil Back to Life
One-quarter to one-third of all arable land on Earth has been taken out of production due to soil degradation. Locations like Syria and Libya [...]
Understanding Soil Compaction
Compaction limits root growth, soil porosity, water movement and water holding capacity, and causes water ponding. And everyone knows that soybeans don’t like wet [...]
Planning for Soil Health in 2019
Improving soil health is in vogue and many conferences have been held and stories written on soil health and how to achieve it. Of [...]