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15 Feb 2023
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Be a Part of the History of Soils in Illinois

Your land, your soil may have been part of an historical and extensive soil sampling program dating back to 1899 by the University of Illinois. If your land was part of the original research, then the Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council (NREC) needs your help in bringing soil sampling of that specific location full circle. Press Release   Illinois Centennial Soil Archive Project – One-pager

If you want to go directly to the map, click here.

 
 
08 Dec 2021
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2021 NREC Cover Crop Guide

2021 NREC Cover Crop Guide_Dec2021

https://forms.gle/FoAUuhrx7PT54Ube7

This 16-page Cover Crop Guide was created through the collaboration of NREC-funded researchers. Together they pooled their research results and compiled the information so that new adopters can easily understand the technical aspects (why, what, when, how much, where and other considerations) of planting cover crops. NREC, along with the researchers, is encouraging producers to “think a systems approach” when planting cover crops, rather than thinking of cover crops only as an additional input. To order printed copies, click on the link above.

 

23 Feb 2021
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Cover crops and tillage effects on carbon-nitrogen pools: A lysimeter study

Singh et al. Cover crops and tillage effects on carbon nitrogen pools A lysimeter study 2021

Drs. Karl Williard, Jon Schoonover of Southern Illinois University and Gurbir Singh and Gurpreet Kaur from the Delta Research and Extension Center at Mississippi State University had their original research published in Vadose Zone Journal, published by the Soil Science Society of America.