Early Planted Soybean Does Benefit from Good Soil Fertility

By John Grove
Published on Mar. 30, 2025

I’ve been reading in both popular and scientific press that for soybean fields with low fertility, early planting substitutes for addition of needed soil-based nutrition (Allen, 2025, Loman et al., 2024).

Too Wet to Soil Sample but Ideal to Check for Soil Compaction

By Edwin Ritchey and John Grove
Published on Feb. 21, 2025

We know producers are ready for the soil to dry out so they can start topdressing wheat with their first shot of nitrogen. This also makes us think about soil compaction, which is simply compressing a given volume of soil into a smaller volume. Compaction can occur in different places in the field and can be due to different reasons.