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Consider label restrictions, herbicide best management practices, and spray drift potential before applying herbicides with spray drones this season.

Below is the annual overview of newer herbicide products and other weed management updates.

Nitrogen availability in soils is controlled by a process called the nitrogen cycle. This video explores two pieces of the cycle - immobilization and mineralization.

Learn the life cycle of weeds.

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The prices you set for your services should move you toward achieving your long-term business goals. At the same time, consider how you are looking to position yourself in the business landscape.

Everyone plays a role in preventing the spread of HPAI.

Winter is the time to do maintenance work on planter and drill. Here are some tips to make sure your equipment is in good working order when planting season comes around.

A research report highlighting the results of continuing and completed agronomic projects conducted by Penn State investigators and their collaborators in 2025.

Cover crops can influence how pest insects detect and feed on corn. Learn how species selection and management can support both soil function and improved pest outcomes.

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Drone interseeding in early September into standing soybeans can help farmers fit a hairy vetch cover crop in before corn.

In Pennsylvania, nitrogen is often the most limiting resource in grass hay production, leading to reduced production quantity and quality. With improved nitrogen management, producers could increase yields by as much as 75%, while also significantly impacting production costs.

Planting green increases cereal rye biomass and can increase soybean yield compared with earlier termination or no rye. With a 1-pass program, it provided late-season weed control and yields similar to a 2-pass program without cover crops.

Performance of winter-hardy legume cover crops can improve with the use of a winter-killed oat nurse crop compared to cereal rye, including at later sowing dates. Legume performance varies widely based on weather conditions near establishment, but crimson clover and hairy vetch are the most consistent performers.

Whether you grow corn for grain or silage, learn about some management factors you can control.

Get the latest data from Penn State's variety trial program for corn, soybeans, forages and corn silage.

High quality forage should be the main component of a successful grass-fed beef operation.

Proactive nematode monitoring is essential for protecting soybean yields in Pennsylvania. Early detection and science-based management strategies can significantly reduce economic losses and ensure long-term crop sustainability.

The Open Crop Manager platform has collected over 15,000 scouting reports across 14 North Central Soybean States since 2022, providing growers with diagnostic aids and supporting research to improve soybean yield and profitability through data-driven insights.

Our study showed that delaying cover crop termination and planting crops into living cover crops (“planting green”) can increase predator populations, which then limit the abundance of insect and slug pests and reduce the need for pesticides.

In the absence of plant nutritional deficiency symptoms, foliar fertilizers did not increase yield. While the application of sugar-based products helped to alleviate crop injury symptoms caused by Cobra herbicide, it did not increase yield.

Fungicide applications at flowering reduced Fusarium head blight, reduced foliar disease severity, and increased wheat yield across Pennsylvania farms over a three-year period.

Get up-to-date strategies and detailed herbicide tables for managing weeds in corn, sorghum, soybeans, small grains, and forages across the Mid-Atlantic region.