Researchers Unpick How Corn-Soy Rotation Impacts Soil Carbon Emissions While the majority of Midwestern farmers rotate corn and soybeans, some plant corn year after year. News . Published: June 25, ..

University of Minnesota researchers improved a soil test tool for more accurate nitrogen guidance in corn farming, aiding ...

While most Midwestern farmers rotate corn and soybeans, commodity prices and corn yield advantages compel some to plant corn ...

The soil was so depleted, Haslett-Marroquin says, he thought of it as a “corn and soybean desert.” Soon after, he applied 13 tons of compost, sowed a mix of prairie grasses and rye, and ...

Corn overtook rice as China’s widest planted crop in 2007, when global prices for the yellow grain surged. Additional price gains in the following years encouraged further corn area growth.

Using historical commodity prices, the researchers found that corn-soy rotation offered higher economic returns — up to $458/acre ($1,133/hectare) more than continuous corn — at low nitrogen ...