Scientific journal of applied management of #crops, #turf, #forages and #grazinglands. Social Media Editors: Victor Gomes, Ross Braun, and Larry León Medina
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🌾 How important is seeding depth for winter wheat?
A 3-year study found that seeding depth had little effect on yield in most years. Shallow planting improved yield in only one year, suggesting timely planting may matter more than precise depth control.
doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70167
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🌱 Does alfalfa cultivar affect potassium fertilizer needs?
A Wyoming study found that conventional and reduced-lignin alfalfa responded differently to K fertilization. Intermediate K rates (50–100 lb K₂O/ac) provided the highest profits.
Read more: doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70169
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🌽 Can intercropping improve maize yields and livestock feed availability?
A 2-year study in Ethiopia found that intercropping maize with forage legumes increased grain yield by 10% on average.
Read more: doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70168
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🥜 How many split seeds are too many when planting peanuts?
A 2-year study found that seed lots containing up to 12% splits maintained pod yields without requiring seeding rate adjustments.
Read more: doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70166
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🌱A multi-location study in Ethiopia highlights the importance of variety × inoculant selection in common bean production systems.
doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70163
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🌱 Can tillage and cover crops help manage angular leaf spot in dark tobacco?
A 2-year study found that conventional tillage reduced disease progression in one trial, while cover crop selection had no significant effect.
Read more: doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70141
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🌾 Does grain sampling method affect quality assessments?
A Brazilian study comparing hand and pneumatic probes found no significant differences in measured moisture, impurities, or damaged grain in soybean, wheat, and dry beans.
doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70160
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🌽 How does restricting atrazine affect corn weed management?
A Wisconsin survey found similar herbicide costs in areas where atrazine was allowed or prohibited, but slightly lower perceived weed control satisfaction where its use was restricted.
doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70164
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🌾 Cultivar selection matters in furrow-irrigated rice!
A Missouri study found that hybrids RT7302 and XP753 had the highest grain yields. Field position also mattered, with 20% higher grain yields at the bottom of fields.
doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70165
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🌱 Can chlorophyll meters improve N management in sweet potato?
A study in Brazil found that chlorophyll-guided fertilization reduced N use by over 70% in soils with higher N availability. However, starter N remained important in N-limited conditions.
doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70162
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🌽 Can intercropping reduce N losses in sweet corn?
A 2-year study found that winter rye and yellow mustard intercrops captured up to 19 and 32 lb N/ac, respectively.
doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70144
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🌱 Can we predict cereal rye biomass?
Using 135 site-years of Wisconsin data, researchers found that temperature, fall rainfall, planting date, and latitude helped predict rye biomass. The findings could support better cover crop management decisions.
doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70157
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Can small amounts of nitrogen fertilizer applied to zoysiagrass during winter help maintain green color and overall turf quality?
Nitrogen application timing influences winter color of ‘Empire’ zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.) in South Florida
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ALT Nitrogen application timing influences winter color of 'Empire' zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.) in south Florida by M. Cecilia Sanchez Quintanilla, I. Alejandra Sierra Augustinus, & Marco Schiavon in Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management. Figure 2B from the paper showing NDVI (y-axis, 0-1) over time (x-axis, Nov-April) for 5 fertilizer treatments (control, black; single application of 0.5 lb N, blue; 2 applications of 0.25 lb N, orange; 2 applications of 0.5 lb N, green; or 4 applications of 0.25 lb N, dark red).