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Crop Yield

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Ryan Wheaton, Claudette Wheaton, Tanner Conrad, Matthew S. Recsetar • Unknown Hub (2025)

Arizona

Bijesh Maharjan, Gary W. Hergert • Unknown Hub (2019)

Nebraska

Christopher J. Pfarr, Melissa L. Wilson, Jeffrey A. Coulter, Fabián G. Fernández • Unknown Hub (2020)

Minnesota

Kulpreet Singh, Eajaz A. Dar, Satinderpal Singh, Akash Shah, Lakesh Sharma, Hardeep Singh • Unknown Hub (2026)

Florida

Jeffrey T. Baker, Dennis C. Gitz, John E. Stout, Robert J. Lascano • Unknown Hub (2015)

Texas

Haomiao Cheng, Qilin Yu, Zhiming Qi, Melissa Bukovsky, Lulin Xue, Virginia L. Jin, Liwang Ma, R. Daren Harmel, Xiaoping Chen, Shu Ji, Lingzhan Miao, Shaoyuan Feng • Unknown Hub (2023)

Nebraska

John M. Halloran, Robert P. Larkin, Sherri L. DeFauw, O. M. Olanya, Zhongqi He • Unknown Hub (2013)

Maine

Mohil Pourebrahimi Foumani, Xinhua Yin, Joshua S. Fu, Cheng-En Yang • Unknown Hub (2025)

Tennessee

Ana Morales-Ona, Katsutoshi Mizuta, James J. Camberato, Robert Nielsen, Yuxin Miao, Davide Cammarano, German Mandrini, Daniel J. Quinn • Unknown Hub (2026)

Indiana

Jessica Sherman, Eric O. Young, William E. Jokela • Unknown Hub (2023)

Wisconsin

Katy Butchee, D. Brian Arnall, Apurba K. Sutradhar, Chad B. Godsey, Hailin Zhang, Chad J. Penn • Unknown Hub (2012)

Oklahoma

Juan I. Rattalino Edreira, Spyridon Mourtzinis, Shawn P. Conley, Adam Roth, Ignacio A. Ciampitti, Mark A. Licht, Hans Kandel, Peter Kyveryga, Laura E. Lindsey, Daren S. Mueller, Seth L. Naeve, Emerson D. Nafziger, James E. Specht, Jordan D. Stanley, Michael Staton, Patricio Grassini • Unknown Hub (2017)

North Carolina

“Wheat drilled into corn residue in northern Alabama yielded 23% more under some surface tillage (conventional, mulch, or light disk) than under no-till, and mulch tillage gave the best net return ($733/ha vs $468/ha for no-till). Fall N boosted early growth up to 25%, but splitting the remaining N between fall and spring gave no yield gain over a single application; 134 kg N/ha maximized no-till yield and returns, suggesting current N recommendations after corn may be too low.”

Improved YieldAlabama

Michelle L. Mayer, Matthew W. Veal, Edward Godfrey, Mari S. Chinn • Unknown Hub (2021)

North Carolina

Raziel A. Ordóñez, Shaun N. Casteel, Rachel Stevens, Sotirios V. Archontoulis, Tony J. Vyn • Unknown Hub (2025)

Indiana
Minnesota

Peter Omara, Lawrence Aula, Elizabeth Eickhoff, Jagmandeep Dhillon, Tyler Lynch, Gwendolyn B. Wehmeyer, W. R. Raun • Unknown Hub (2019)

Oklahoma

Maysoon M. Mikha, Gary W. Hergert, Xin Qiao, Bijesh Maharjan • Unknown Hub (2020)

Nebraska

Frank G. Dohleman, Ken Copenhaver, Clifford P. Haefke, Steffen Mueller • Unknown Hub (2026)

“County-level life cycle modeling shows Illinois maize has a carbon intensity 9%-12% below the US average of 251 g CO2e/kg, and maize grown within 56 km of ethanol plants is 14%-17% lower, driven by high yields and efficient fertilizer use. National average CI values understate the climate performance of high-yielding regions, and cover crops and conservation tillage shift scores differently from county to county.”

Reduced EmissionsIllinois

Susanne Wiesner, Shabda Gajbhiye, Zac Freedman, Paul Stoy • Unknown Hub (2026)

Wisconsin

Boubacar Gano, Marie De Gracia Coquerel, Jocelyn Saxton, Nathaniel Eck, Kamaranga H. S. Peiris, Scott R. Bean, J.R. Stanton, N. A. Ahmed, Nadia Shakoor • Unknown Hub (2026)

“Machine learning models built from agronomic, drone, and environmental data predicted sorghum grain quality traits accurately enough to cut lab testing — crude protein R²=0.90, amylose R²=0.92-0.99, starch R²=0.80, with lysine-from-protein weakest at R²=0.64. Grain composition shifted measurably with year and management (precision N, cover crops, no-till), and leaf temperature and stomatal conductance had strong non-linear links to amylose.”

Food Quality ImprovementMissouri

Khandakar Rafiq Islam, Arifur Rahman, Warren A. Dick, Vinayak S. Shedekar, Javier Gonzalez, Dexter B. Watts, Norman R. Fausey, Marvin T. Batte, Tara T. VanToai, Randall Reeder, Dennis C. Flanagan • Unknown Hub (2026)

“A yield-correlated minimum soil dataset — total organic carbon, microbial biomass carbon, active carbon, total nitrogen and aggregate stability — tracked full-dataset soil quality scores closely (R² 0.53–0.93) and beat the usual PCA-selected indicator set. Pairing linear scoring that uses threshold limits with simple additive indexing kept soil quality index values within ±1% of the full dataset, giving farmers and advisers a cheaper, transferable way to rate soil quality across corn–soybean sites in Alabama, Indiana and Ohio.”

Soil Health ImprovementAlabama

Kerry Clark, Dara L. Boardman, Jill S. Staples, Steven Easterby, Timothy M. Reinbott, Robert J. Kremer, Newell R. Kitchen, Kristen S. Veum • Unknown Hub (2017)

Missouri

Rachel Vann, Chris Reberg‐Horton, Keith L. Edmisten, Alan C. York • Unknown Hub (2018)

North Carolina

Alexandra Walters, Grace A. Cagle, Zachary B. Freedman, Shawn P. Conley, Matthew D. Ruark • Unknown Hub (2026)

Wisconsin

Emily E. Evans, Mary H. Wiedenhoeft, Marcelo Carvalho Minhoto Teixeira Filho, Bhim Bahadur Ghaley, Paulo H. Pagliari • Unknown Hub (2026)

Minnesota

Bárbara Baraibar, Brosi A. Bradley, Mitchell C. Hunter, Charles M. White, Denise M. Finney, Jason P. Kaye, Megan E. Schipanski, David A. Mortensen • Unknown Hub (2025)

Pennsylvania

Gabriela Inveninato Carmona, Emily A. Robinson, Alexandre Tonon Rosa, Christopher A. Proctor, Anthony J. McMechan • Unknown Hub (2022)

Nebraska

Hunter Bielenberg, Jason D. Clark, Debankur Sanyal, John Wolthuizen, David Karki, Amin Rahal, Anthony Bly • Unknown Hub (2022)

South Dakota

Keeley Overmyer, Wayde Looker, Anne E. Dorrance, Kelley J. Tilmon, Laura E. Lindsey • Unknown Hub (2022)

Ohio

J. Rice, Anna Zander, Chase Harris, Tori Booker, Josh Lofton • Unknown Hub (2024)

Oklahoma

Renee Lauren Adler, Kelly A. Nelson • Unknown Hub (2020)

Missouri

Seth Kannberg, Alexander J. Lindsey, M. B. Chiavegato, Laura E. Lindsey • Unknown Hub (2024)

Ohio

Vhuthu Ndou, Hero T. Gollany, Robert W. Polumsky, Judit Barroso • Unknown Hub (2026)

Oregon

Christopher Graham, Debankur Sanyal, Jameson R Brennan, K. C. Olson • Unknown Hub (2025)

South Dakota

Timothy C. Strickland, Brian T. Scully, R. K. Hubbard, D. G. Sullivan, Zaid Abdo, M. R. Savabi, R. D. Lee, D. M. Olson, Gary L. Hawkins • Unknown Hub (2015)

Georgia

Pessereau, Eliza, Franco, José, Duff, Alison, Gratton, Claudio • Unknown Hub (2025)

Wisconsin

Pessereau, Eliza, Franco, José, Duff, Alison, Gratton, Claudio • Unknown Hub (2025)

Wisconsin

Pessereau, Eliza, Franco, José, Duff, Alison, Gratton, Claudio • Unknown Hub (2025)

Wisconsin

“On a poorly drained no-till Wisconsin field, surface-applied composted or fresh dairy manure (81-102 kg total N/ha) did not match sidedressed urea at 90 kg N/ha for corn yield or nitrogen uptake, and left lower plant-available N in the top 10 cm. An interseeded annual ryegrass cover crop cost nothing in yield or N uptake and cut nitrate-N leachate concentrations by 1.7-4.9 times.”

Nutrient ManagementWisconsin

Rafiq Islam, Javier Gonzalez, Dexter Watts, Arifur Rahman, Warren Dick, Randall Reeder, Norman Fausey, Tara VanToai, Dennis Flanagan, Marvin Batte • Unknown Hub (2026)

Alabama

Lucas O. R. Maia, Shalamar D. Armstrong, E. J. Kladivko, Bryan G. Young, William G. Johnson • Unknown Hub (2025)

Indiana

Katherine S. French, Gerson Laerson Drescher, Prashasti Agarwal, Trenton L. Roberts, Kristofor R. Brye, Amanda J. Ashworth, Kathleen M. Dick, Alden D. Smartt, Gabriela Andrade L. Mengez • Unknown Hub (2026)

Arkansas

Annu Kumari, Andrew J. Price, Jagdeep Singh, Kipling S. Balkcom, David Russell • Unknown Hub (2026)

“Cereal rye alone or in a mix with crimson clover and hairy vetch pushed back the critical timing for weed removal in soybean by about 2 weeks compared to winter fallow, and shrank the critical weed-control window (2019: 0 wk for rye alone and 4.8 wk for the mix vs. 5.1 wk fallow; 2020: 0.1 and 1.4 wk vs. 2.6 wk). Single-species cereal rye gave the strongest early-season weed suppression, giving growers more flexibility in timing herbicide or other weed control passes.”

Weed SuppressionAlabama

Gabrielle M. Myers‐Bailey, Philip Ekow Rockson, Daniel S. Andersen, Kenneth J. Moore, Matthew J. Helmers, D. Raj Raman • Unknown Hub (2026)

“Over 3 years in the Corn Belt, a Kentucky bluegrass perennial groundcover cut flow-weighted nitrate-N in tile drainage by 20% with no corn yield penalty, while a high-biomass wide-row interseeded annual cover crop cut nitrate 22% but slashed grain yield 20%. All cover systems lowered nitrate during a wet-summer leaching flush.”

Water Quality ImprovementKentucky

L. Eash, Kathleen Russell, Abdel F. Berrada, Meagan E. Schipanski, Pankaj Trivedi, Daniel F. Mooney, Jenny Beiermann, Joe E. Brummer, Steven J. Fonte • Unknown Hub (2025)

Colorado

Etienne Sutton, Meha Jain, Kent Connell, Haoyu Wang, Weiqi Zhou, Monish Vijay Deshpande, Jennifer Blesh • Unknown Hub (2025)

Michigan

Jessica Sherman, Eric O. Young, William E. Jokela, Jason S. Cavadini • Unknown Hub (2020)

Wisconsin

Kurt J. Dagel, Shannon L. Osborne, Tom Schumacher • Unknown Hub (2014)

South Dakota

Nilovna Chatterjee, Sotirios V. Archontoulis, Angela Bastidas, Christopher A. Proctor, Roger W. Elmore, Andrea Basche • Unknown Hub (2020)

Nebraska

Ardeshir Adeli, John P. Brooks, John J. Read, Mark W. Shankle, Gary Feng, Johnie N. Jenkins • Unknown Hub (2019)

Mississippi

Haile Tewolde, Mark W. Shankle, Thomas R. Way, Ardeshir Adeli, John P. Brooks, Zhongqi He • Unknown Hub (2015)

Mississippi

Rebecca Shelton, Krista Jacobsen, Rebecca L. McCulley • Unknown Hub (2018)

Kentucky

Madhav Dhakal, Dinesh Panday, Fatemeh Etemadi, Reza K. Afshar, Casey Lapham, Andrew Smith, Arash Ghalehgolabbehbahani • Rodale Institute (2026)

“1. Tillage is key for hemp establishment, growth, and yield in organic systems. 2. Cover crop improved hemp and barley yields and soil health under conventional till. 3. Moderate nitrogen (N) fertilization increased hemp fiber/grain and barley yield with better quality. 4. Cover cropping with N management enhances organic hemp–barley production”

Yield IncreasePennsylvania

Zachary Stewart, Ellen T. Paparozzi, Charles S. Wortmann, Prakash Kumar Jha, Charles A. Shapiro • Nebraska Corn Board (2020)

“Across 26 on-farm Nebraska trials, foliar micronutrients rarely raised corn yield because soils were already sufficient — helping growers avoid unnecessary micronutrient spending.”

Nutrient ManagementNebraska

Fatima A. Tenorio, Eileen L. McLellan, Alison J. Eagle, Kenneth G. Cassman, Daryl Andersen, Marie Krausnick, Russell Oaklund, John Thorburn, Patricio Grassini • Nebraska Corn Board (2020)

“Analyzing 9,280 Nebraska fields pinpointed where nitrogen is over-applied — showing growers where to cut fertilizer cost and nitrogen losses without sacrificing yield.”

Nutrient ManagementNebraska

Zhikai Liang, Piyush Pandey, Vincent Stoerger, Yuhang Xu, Yumou Qiu, Yufeng Ge, James C. Schnable • Nebraska Corn Board (2017)

“Open imaging datasets of widely-grown corn lines give breeders and data scientists a shared benchmark for building faster, cheaper crop-improvement tools.”

Other / NeutralNebraska

Jisung Geba Chang, Martha C. Anderson, Feng Gao, Andrew Russ, Haoteng Zhao, Richard Cirone, Yakov Pachepsky, David M. Johnson • Unknown Hub (2025)

“Mapping subsurface water pathways with ground-penetrating radar plus surface elevation explained corn and soybean yield variation far better than topography alone (error dropped from 23.7% to 15.3%, and to 10.0% when remote sensing was added). Even without costly subsurface surveys, adding surface flow accumulation cut error to 18.4%, making hydro-topographic zoning a practical basis for site-specific management.”

Improved YieldMaryland

Pablo Paccioretti, Laila Puntel, Mariano Córdoba, Taro Mieno, Richard Ferguson, Joe Luck, Laura Thompson, Guillermo Balboa • Unknown Hub (2025)

“Sensor-based N management cut nitrogen application by ~40 kg N/ha in corn with no yield loss across 57 Nebraska on-farm site-years (2015–2023). Benefits are greatest in moderate-to-high yield variability fields with coarser soils. Sensors showed no statistically significant gains in winter wheat. Profit probability exceeded 60% for corn across most price scenarios. Despite consistent evidence, only 11% of Nebraska producers currently use sensor-based approaches — indicating a technology transfer gap.”

Nutrient ManagementNebraska

Harold M. van Es • Unknown Hub (2023)

“Cold climate influences on maize nitrogen management.”

Nutrient ManagementIllinois

Evelyn C. Reilly, Jessica Gutknecht, Craig C. Sheaffer, Jacob M. Jungers • Unknown Hub (2022)

“Nitrate leaching into groundwater as a result of high N fertilizer rates to annual crops presents human health risks and high costs associated with water treatment. Intermediate wheatgrass is a low-input crop has the potential to produce profitable grain and biomass yields while reducing nitrate.”

Nutrient ManagementMinnesota

Carolyn Zeiner, Maria N. Kisch, Ethan D. Lynch, Paliza Shrestha, Gaston E. Small • Unknown Hub (2024)

“Soil microbial activity profiles associated with organic compost fertilizers in an urban garden.”

Soil Health ImprovementMinnesota

Olga S. Walsh • Unknown Hub (2023)

“UAV-Based Prediction of Sugarbeet Yield and Quality.”

Nutrient ManagementIdaho

Chengci Chen, Reza Keshavarz Afshar • Unknown Hub (2017)

“Conservation Tillage and Nitrogen Management for Sugarbeet Production.”

Improved YieldMontana

“This study was conducted to investigate linkages between seasonal climatic conditions and sugarbeet sucrose content in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon.”

Improved YieldIdaho

Lindsay Chamberlain Malone, Matthew D. Ruark, Rachel Vann, Maninder P. Singh, W. J. Ross, Shawn P. Conley • Unknown Hub (2024)

“Soil organic matter, permanganate oxidizable carbon, and autoclaved citrate extractable nitrogen are positively associated with soybean yield, but planting date remains more influential.”

Nutrient ManagementArkansas

Alexandra Kravchenko, Sieglinde S. Snapp, G. Philip Robertson • Unknown Hub (2017)

“Field-scale experiments reveal persistent yield gaps in low-input and organic cropping systems.”

Weed SuppressionMichigan

D. D. Poudel, William R. Horwáth, W. Thomas Lanını, S.R. Temple, A.H.C. van Bruggen • Unknown Hub (2002)

California

David P. Roy, Lin Yan • Unknown Hub (2018)

“Robust Landsat-based crop time series modelling.”

Improved YieldCalifornia

David B. Lobell, Christopher B. Field, Kimberly A. Nicholas, C. Bonfils • Unknown Hub (2006)

California

Laila A. Puntel, John E. Sawyer, Daniel W. Barker, Ranae Dietzel, Hanna Poffenbarger, Michael J. Castellano, Kenneth J. Moore, Peter J. Thorburn, Sotirios V. Archontoulis • Unknown Hub (2016)

“Modeling Long-Term Corn Yield Response to Nitrogen Rate and Crop Rotation.”

Improved YieldIowa

Amor V.M. Ines, Narendra N. Das, James Hansen, E. G. Njoku • Unknown Hub (2013)

“Assimilation of remotely sensed soil moisture and vegetation with a crop simulation model for maize yield prediction.”

Improved YieldIowa

W. Dean Hively, Brian T. Lamb, Craig S. T. Daughtry, Jacob Shermeyer, Gregory W. McCarty, Miguel Quemada • Unknown Hub (2018)

“Mapping crop residue and tillage intensity using WorldView-3 satellite shortwave infrared indices.”

Carbon SequestrationMaryland

Gevan D. Behnke, Stacy M. Zuber, Cameron M. Pittelkow, Emerson D. Nafziger, María B. Villamil • Unknown Hub (2018)

“Long-term crop rotation and tillage effects on soil greenhouse gas emissions and crop production in Illinois, USA.”

Reduced EmissionsIllinois

Robert P. Larkin, C. Wayne Honeycutt, Timothy S. Griffin, O. M. Olanya, Zhongqi He • Unknown Hub (2021)

“Cropping systems and management practices that improve soil health may greatly enhance crop productivity.”

Improved YieldMaine

“A comparison of yield stability and in-season remote sensing for predicting yield patterns at a sub-field scale.”

Improved YieldIndiana

Amin Nouri, Daniel C. Yoder, Mohammad Raji, Şafak Ceylan, Sindhu Jagadamma, Jaehoon Lee, Forbes Walker, Xinhua Yin, Judith Fitzpatrick, Brady Trexler, Prakash R. Arelli, Arnold M. Saxton • Unknown Hub (2021)

“Conservation agriculture increases the soil resilience and cotton yield stability in climate extremes of the southeast US.”

Nutrient ManagementTennessee

Kabindra Adhikari, Douglas R. Smith, Chad Hajda, Tulsi P. Kharel • Unknown Hub (2023)

“Within-field yield stability and gross margin variations across corn fields and implications for precision conservation.”

Improved YieldTexas

Alwyn Williams, Mitchell C. Hunter, Melanie Kammerer, Daniel A. Kane, Nicholas R. Jordan, David A. Mortensen, Richard G. Smith, Sieglinde S. Snapp, Adam S. Davis • Unknown Hub (2016)

“Soil Water Holding Capacity Mitigates Downside Risk and Volatility in US Rainfed Maize.”

Improved YieldIllinois

Unius Arinaitwe, Sharon A. Clay, Thandiwe Nleya • Unknown Hub (2022)

“Growth, yield, and yield stability of canola in the Northern Great Plains of the United States.”

Improved YieldSouth Dakota

Sudhanshu Panda, Daniel P. Ames, Suranjan Panigrahi • Unknown Hub (2010)

“Application of Vegetation Indices for Agricultural Crop Yield Prediction Using Neural Network Techniques.”

Improved YieldNorth Dakota

Nahuel Raúl Peralta, Yared Assefa, Juan Du, Charles Barden, Ignacio A. Ciampitti • Unknown Hub (2016)

“Mid-Season High-Resolution Satellite Imagery for Forecasting Site-Specific Corn Yield.”

Improved YieldKansas

Lakesh K. Sharma, Honggang Bu, Anne Denton, David W. Franzen • Unknown Hub (2015)

“Across 15 North Dakota nitrogen-rate sites, red and red edge NDVI predicted corn yield equally well at V6, but at the later V12 stage red edge NDVI outperformed red NDVI because red readings saturate once the canopy closes. For growers using GreenSeeker or Crop Circle sensors to guide in-season N, red edge is the better choice for late-season sidedress decisions.”

Nutrient ManagementNorth Dakota

Lloyd L. Nackley, Luke Van Lehman, Owen Van Lehman, James S. Owen, Carolyn F. Scagel • Unknown Hub (2024)

“This study investigates the potential benefits of using tectonite dust as a soil amendment in central Oregon.”

Improved YieldOregon

“Simulating Soil Organic Carbon Responses to Cropping Intensity, Tillage, and Climate Change in Pacific Northwest Dryland.”

Improved YieldOregon

“Broccoli microgreens: A mineral-rich crop that can diversify food systems.”

Nutrient ManagementCalifornia

Adam S. Davis, Jason Hill, Craig A. Chase, Ann M. Johanns, Matt Liebman • Unknown Hub (2012)

“Increasing Cropping System Diversity Balances Productivity, Profitability and Environmental Health.”

Improved YieldIowa

Yuba R. Kandel, Kiersten Wise, Carl A. Bradley, Albert Tenuta, Daren S. Mueller • Unknown Hub (2016)

“A 2-year study was conducted in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Ontario in 2013 and 2014 to determine the effects of planting date, seed treatment, and cultivar on plant population, sudden death syndrome, and grain yield of soybean (Glycine max).”

Improved YieldIllinois

Trevor W Cambron, Jillian M. Deines, Bruno Lopez, R. N. Patel, Sang-Zi Liang, David B. Lobell • Unknown Hub (2024)

“Further adoption of conservation tillage can increase maize yields in the western US Corn Belt.”

Soil Health ImprovementKansas

Md. Shahinoor Rahman, Liping Di, Genong Yu, Li Lin, Zhiqi Yu • Unknown Hub (2020)

“Remote Sensing Based Rapid Assessment of Flood Crop Damage Using Novel Disaster Vegetation Damage Index (DVDI).”

Improved YieldIowa

Hanna Poffenbarger, Daniel W. Barker, Matthew J. Helmers, Fernando E. Miguez, Daniel C. Olk, John E. Sawyer, Johan Six, Michael J. Castellano • Unknown Hub (2017)

“Agronomic optimum N fertilization is critical to maintain or increase soil organic C in Midwest cropping systems.”

Nutrient ManagementIowa

Girma Birru, Andualem Shiferaw, Tsegaye Tadesse, Marty R. Schmer, Virginia L. Jin, Brian Wardlow, Katja Koehler‐Cole, Tala Awada, Sarah E. Johnson‐Beebout, Teferi Tsegaye, Tulsi Kahrel • Unknown Hub (2023)

“Simulated impacts of winter rye cover crop on continuous corn yield and soil parameters.”

Improved YieldNebraska

F. J. Muehlbauer, S.R. Temple, W. Chen • Unknown Hub (2004)

“Registration of ‘Sierra’ Chickpea.”

Improved YieldWashington

Giovani Preza Fontes, Emerson D. Nafziger, Laura E. Christianson, Cameron M. Pittelkow • Unknown Hub (2020)

“Relationship of inseason soil nitrogen concentration with corn yield and potential nitrogen losses.”

Nutrient ManagementIllinois

Sotirios V. Archontoulis, Michael J. Castellano, Mark A. Licht, Virginia Nichols, Mitchell Baum, Isaiah Huber, Rafael A. Martinez‐Feria, Laila A. Puntel, Raziel A. Ordóñez, Javed Iqbal, Emily E. Wright, Ranae Dietzel, Matthew J. Helmers, Andy VanLoocke, Matt Liebman, Jerry L. Hatfield, Daryl Herzmann, S. Carolina Córdova, Patrick Edmonds, Kaitlin Togliatti, Ashlyn Kessler, Gerasimos Danalatos, Heather Pasley, Carl Pederson, Kendall R. Lamkey • Unknown Hub (2020)

“Predicting crop yields and soil N dynamics in the US Corn Belt.”

Improved YieldIowa

Emily E. Oldfield, Mark A. Bradford, Abigail J. Augarten, Eric T. Cooley, Amber M. Radatz, Timothy Radatz, Matthew D. Ruark • Unknown Hub (2021)

“Positive associations of soil organic matter and crop yields across a regional network of working farms.”

Improved YieldMinnesota

David Dziubanski, Kristie J. Franz, William J. Gutowski • Unknown Hub (2020)

“Linking economic and social factors to peak flows in an agricultural watershed using socio-hydrologic modeling.”

Improved YieldIowa

Oladapo Adeyemi, Reza Keshavarz-Afshar, Emad Jahanzad, Martin Leonardo Battaglia, Yuan Luo, Amir Sadeghpour • Unknown Hub (2020)

“Wheat cover can impose a corn yield penalty (−12.6% in 2018). N timing matters under wet springs: in 2019, delayed/sidedress N improved NUE and yield vs more at-plant N. MRTN tools should account for cereal cover crops via N credit/adjustment.”

Yield IncreaseIllinois

“Cover-Crop Roller–Crimper Contributes to Weed Management in No-Till Soybean.”

Weed SuppressionIllinois

David E. Clay, Ronald Alverson, Jane M. F. Johnson, Douglas L. Karlen, Sharon A. Clay, Michael Wang, Stephanie A. Bruggeman, Shaina Westhoff • Unknown Hub (2018)

“Crop Residue Management Challenges: A Special Issue.”

Improved YieldSouth Dakota

Kenny Paul, Mirella Sorrentino, Luigi Lucini, Youssef Rouphael, Mariateresa Cardarelli, Paolo Bonini, Hélène Reynaud, Renaud Canaguier, Martin Trtílek, Klará Panzarová, Giuseppe Colla • Unknown Hub (2019)

“Foliar sprays of eight plant-derived protein hydrolysates on tomato generally increased digital biomass, with two products (A and I) significantly improving relative growth rate and overall growth performance, though chlorophyll fluorescence showed no photosynthetic differences. Metabolomics indicated the biostimulants worked by reprogramming ethylene-precursor, polyamine, and ROS-signaling pathways, and the phenotyping-plus-metabolomics combination proved an efficient way to screen new biostimulant candidates.”

Improved YieldMississippi

Dinesh Phuyal, Thiago Assis Rodrigues Nogueira, Arun D. Jani, Davie M. Kadyampakeni, Kelly T. Morgan, Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi • Unknown Hub (2020)

“In HLB-infected 'Ray Ruby' grapefruit in Florida, packing 975 trees/ha instead of 300 cut canopy volume per tree by 33% but raised fruit yield per hectare 160% and solids yield 190%, with slightly more acidic, higher-soluble-solids fruit. Controlled-release fertilizer blends with extra micronutrients and less potassium grew bigger canopies but did not improve yield — in fact yield per hectare dropped 24% in the first season — so micronutrient-boosted CRF is not a reliable fix for HLB in grapefruit.”

Yield IncreaseFlorida

Dinesh Phuyal, Thiago Assis Rodrigues Nogueira, Arun D. Jani, Davie M. Kadyampakeni, Kelly T. Morgan, Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi • Unknown Hub (2020)

“In HLB-infected 'Ray Ruby' grapefruit, planting at 975 trees/ha (double-row high density) gave the highest fruit and solids yield per hectare despite smaller trees and lower yield per tree, with slightly more acidic, higher-soluble-solids fruit. Extra soil or foliar B/Mn/Zn (up to 6x recommended rates) raised leaf nutrient levels but did not improve yield or reduce bacterial titer — foliar micronutrients actually coincided with lower yield and photosynthesis in one year.”

Yield IncreaseFlorida

Sailesh Sigdel, Heather D. Karsten, Curtis J. Dell, R. J. Hoover • Unknown Hub (2025)

“Ammonia emissions and corn yield response from injected versus surfaceapplied liquidseparated anaerobic digestate.”

Improved YieldPennsylvania

Jessica Sherman, Eric O. Young, William E. Jokela, Jason S. Cavadini • Unknown Hub (2021)

“Impacts of low disturbance liquid dairy manure incorporation on alfalfa yield and fluxes of ammonia, nitrous oxide, and methane.”

Reduced EmissionsWisconsin

Maheteme Gebremedhin, Sait Sarr, Mark S. Coyne, Ann M. Freytag, K. R. Sistani • Unknown Hub (2020)

“Does potentially mineralizable nitrogen predict maize yield in newly cropped soil?.”

Improved YieldKentucky

“Soil solarization in high tunnels is a viable and effective management strategy for root-knot nematodes.”

Improved YieldKentucky

David R. Huggins, Claire L. Phillips, Bryan Carlson, Joaquin Casanova, Garett C. Heineck, Alycia Bean, Erin Brooks • Unknown Hub (2024)

“The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment at R. J. Cook Agronomy Farm.”

Reduced EmissionsWashington

Gigi DiGiacomo, Miriam F. Gieske, Julie Grossman, Krista Jacobsen, Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, Cary L. Rivard • Unknown Hub (2023)

“Economic trade-offs: analysis of winter cover crop use in organic tomato high tunnel systems across multiple regions.”

Economic ViabilityKansas

Sadia Alam Shammi, Yanbo Huang, Gary Feng, Haile Tewolde, Xin Zhang, Johnie N. Jenkins, Mark W. Shankle • Unknown Hub (2024)

“Application of UAV Multispectral Imaging to Monitor Soybean Growth with Yield Prediction through Machine Learning.”

Improved YieldMississippi

Teerath Rai, Nicole Lee, Martin Williams, Adam S. Davis, María B. Villamil, Hamze Dokoohaki • Unknown Hub (2023)

“A probabilistic assessment of winter cover crop impacts on regional crop yield and soil carbon.”

Carbon SequestrationIllinois

Nathanael M. Thompson, Shalamar D. Armstrong, Richard Roth, Michael D. Ruffatti, Carson Reeling • Unknown Hub (2020)

“Shortrun net returns to a cereal rye cover crop mix in a midwest corn–soybean rotation.”

Economic ViabilityIllinois

Kolby R. Grint, Nicholas J. Arneson, Francisco J. Arriaga, Ryan P. DeWerff, Maxwel C. Oliveira, Daniel H. Smith, David E. Stoltenberg, Rodrigo Werle • Unknown Hub (2022)

“Cover crops and preemergence herbicides: An integrated approach for weed management in corn-soybean systems in the US Midwest.”

Weed SuppressionWisconsin

Richard Roth, Kanru Chen, John R. Scott, Jinha Jung, Yang Yang, James J. Camberato, Shalamar D. Armstrong • Unknown Hub (2023)

“Prediction of Cereal Rye Cover Crop Biomass and Nutrient Accumulation using Multi-Temporal Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Visible-Spectrum Vegetation Indices.”

Nutrient ManagementIndiana

Ted S. Kornecki, Corey M. Kichler • National Soil Dynamics Laboratory (2022)

“A no-till experiment was conducted in Auburn, AL U.S.A. to evaluate the effectiveness of an experimental two-stage roller/crimper in reoccurring rolling over the same area planted with a cereal rye-crimson clover cover crop mix and its influence on bush bean yield.”

Improved YieldAlabama

B Davies, Jeffrey A. Coulter, Paulo H. Pagliari • Unknown Hub (2020)

“Timing and rate of nitrogen fertilizer application can influence maize grain yield, N uptake, and NUE parameters, but results have been inconsistent across the upper Midwest.”

Nutrient ManagementMinnesota

Haley Rylander, Anusuya Rangarajan, Ryan M. Maher, Mark G. Hutton, Nicholas W. Rowley, M. T. McGrath, Zachary F. Sexton • Unknown Hub (2020)

“The effect of tarp duration and tillage intensity on weeds and beet crop yields was evaluated at three locations and over 2 years.”

Improved YieldNew York

Kirsten A. Pearsons, Craig A. Chase, Emmanuel C. Omondi, Gladis M. Zinati, Andrew Smith, Yichao Rui • Rodale Institute (2023)

“In 13 years of the Rodale Farming Systems Trial, cutting tillage lowered gross revenues about 10-13% in conventional and low-input organic systems but also trimmed costs 5-6%, leaving net returns essentially unchanged (though with more year-to-year economic risk). The manure-based organic system with continuous living cover was least affected by reduced tillage and out-earned the conventional system even without organic price premiums.”

Soil HealthPennsylvania

Kyle M. Dittmer, Heather Darby, Tyler Goeschel, E. Carol Adair • Unknown Hub (2020)

“Despite the tradeoffs between mineral N retention and elevated GHG emissions, manure injection in notill systems benefits farmers by reducing soil carbon.”

Reduced EmissionsVermont

“Longterm impacts of drain spacing, crop management, and weather on nitrate leaching to subsurface drains.”

Results from a longterm drainage research project in southeastern Indiana.Indiana

“Sorghum biomass production in the continental United States and its potential impacts on soil organic carbon and nitrous oxide emissions.”

Improved YieldIowa

Khadim Dawar, Saif-ur-Rahman, Shah Fahad, Syed Sartaj Alam, Shah Alam Khan, Atif Dawar, Uzma Younis, Subhan Danish, Rahul Datta, Richard P. Dick • Unknown Hub (2021)

“Influence of variable biochar concentration on yield-scaled nitrous oxide emissions, Wheat yield and nitrogen use efficiency.”

Reduced EmissionsIndiana

“Can rainfall explain the variation of sugarbeet root and sugar yield across North Dakota and Minnesota?.”

Improved YieldNorth Dakota

“Sugarbeet response to interactions between fallseeded cover crop and fertilizer nitrogen application time.”

Nutrient ManagementMinnesota

Ben Brockmueller, Jessica L. Drewry, Léa Vereecke, Erin Silva, Brian D. Luck • Unknown Hub (2025)

“An experiment conducted at the University of Wisconsin's Arlington Agricultural Research Station from 2021 to 2022 examined both pre and postcorn planting management strategies of a red clover living mulch on clover growth, weed biomass, corn plant population, and grain yield.”

Improved YieldWisconsin

Morad Mirzaei, Manouchehr Gorji, Ehsan Razavy-Toosi, Hossein Asadi, Ebrahim Moghiseh, Nermina Saronjic, Jesús Rodrigo‐Comino • Unknown Hub (2021)

“Preliminary Effects of Crop Residue Management on Soil Quality and Crop Production under Different Soil Management Regimes in Corn-Wheat Rotation Systems.”

Improved YieldMichigan

Samuel I. Haruna, Nsalambi V. Nkongolo • Unknown Hub (2020)

“Influence of cover crop, tillage, and crop rotation management on soil nutrients.”

Nutrient ManagementTennessee

Zewei Ma, Kaiyu Guan, Bin Peng, Wang Zhou, Robert Grant, Jinyun Tang, Murugesu Sivapalan, Ming Pan, Li Li, Zhenong Jin • Unknown Hub (2025)

“Modeling of tile-drained corn–soybean fields in Iowa (validated to within 6% for corn and 13% for soybean yields) showed drainage boosts soil oxygen in wet springs, which spurs deeper rooting that later buffers summer drought, raising yields about 6% — but it also increases subsurface flow and inorganic nitrogen leaching.”

Water Use EfficiencyIowa

Vesh R. Thapa, Bijesh Maharjan, Humberto Blanco‐Canqui, Nevin Lawrence, Saurav Das, Cody Creech, Gary W. Hergert • Unknown Hub (2024)

“Applying coal combustion residue as a carbon amendment (3.3–19.7 Mg C/ha) in a western Nebraska dry bean–maize–sugarbeet rotation gave no consistent yield benefit over three years, with only weak yield trends (p = 0.07–0.22) in some crop-years. It did not reduce herbicide effectiveness on weeds, though one mid-rate treatment cut maize yield where saflufenacil + dimethenamid-p was applied.”

Yield IncreaseNebraska

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