Rick Cruse, Mindy Devries and Brian Gelder (research staff in ABE and soil science graduate faculty member) were invited to attend the International Workshop on Mollisols Erosion and Degradation in […]
Iowa State University, Region V, hosted the National Soil Judging Competition April 21-26 at the Horticulture Research Station north of Ames. About 260 students and coaches made up 25 teams […]
Meyer Bohn and Bradley Miller released the LE-DSM for north central Iowa. This map is the next generation of digital soil maps designed to meet the needs of the digital […]
December 5th is World Soil Day! It’s a great opportunity to reflect on the importance of soils – to agronomists, of course, but also to the whole Earth. Iowans are […]
Congratulations to the ISU Agronomy Soil Judging team on their success at the Region V Soil Judging Contest hosted by South Dakota State University and South Dakota NRCS employees. The […]
When Michael Castellano tells people there are billions of different variations of farmer decisions and environmental conditions that can affect how much nitrogen fertilizer is just enough for a plot […]
On September 12, over 65 producers and researchers attended the Iowa Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) all-day training program on research-based organic practices from the ISU Organic Ag Program. USDA-NRCS […]
The Region V Soil Judging contest went off without a hitch, thanks in part to two ISU Agronomy alumni. Former soil judgers, Jacob Schultz (BS, 2021) and Nathan Anderson (BS, […]
When can we expect to see reduced levels of nutrients in our water if we make positive changes on the landscape? New Iowa State University research shows how complicated it […]
Dr. Prabhakar Tamboli was born in 1928 in Gwalior, India 190 miles south of New Deli. He was born to a middle class family. They lived in a temporary house […]
Congratulations to Alex Helms, online Agronomy master’s student, for winning the 2022 Deborah Muenchrath Award for the most outstanding creative component. Alex graduated from Purdue University in 2015. The flexibility […]
Dr. Mike Castellano, agronomy, has been appointed by USDA and the Department of State to be the U.S. representative to the Global Soil Partnership. The GSP is a globally recognized […]