Big news from RegenPGC PostDoc researcher Memiş Bilgici and his writing team regarding their latest article: "To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine how shade avoidance responses have changed over the past 100 years of maize breeding. doi.org/10.3389/fpls....

Frontiers | Shade avoidance responses in seedlings of maize hybrids representing 100 years of breeding history

Understanding how the spectral quality of light affects maize physiology is critical, as it mediates an early response to competition. We measured the effect...

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Congratulations to our grad student, Ralph Danquah-Acquah, for taking his thoughts from the classroom to publication in "Groundwater recharge, community water security, & practical engineering solutions in Northern #Ghana. Frontiers in Water, www.frontiersin.org/journals/wat...

Frontiers | Groundwater recharge, community water security, and practical engineering solutions in Northern Ghana

Northern Ghana faces persistent dry-season water insecurity despite receiving substantial seasonal rainfall. This critical narrative review examines why wet-...

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Yes, it's true; we have another OPEN ACCESS publication for you. RegenPGC grad student Sagar Dahal & RegenPGC CoPD Amani Elobeid collaborated on "Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture

Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers.....

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We have some new Open Access perennial groundcover research! Dahal, Sagar, Elobeid, Amani, & Crespi, John. (2026). Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture. Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....

Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture

Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers....

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A form of perennial cover all the way in #Taiwan! www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Agency highlights findings on carbon sequestering grass - Taipei Times

Research showed that cultivating spontaneous grass species in fruit orchards could boost annual soil carbon sequestration rates to 3.3 tonnes per hectare or more, the Taoyuan District Agricultural Res...

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It’s amazing what you can accomplish in a summer. Kaylee Johnson is living proof of that. She spent the summer in Ames researching “How do Sulfur and Cereal Rye Affect Corn & Soybean Growth,” supervised by her mentor, Dr. Richard Roth. Check out her work at www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/u...

Our Co-Pd Cynthia Bartel is working on a farm-based trial of silage corn & alfalfa perennial groundcover with 6th generation dairyman Adam Hurtgen on his SW Wisconsin dairy farm. SARE funded the work & this video, which tells a fantastic story of on-farm innovation www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpXV...

Hurtgenlea Holsteins Experimental Alfalfa-corn Intercropping System

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2026 RegenPGC Undergraduate Research Intern Alex Haus got a summer’s worth of learning with RegenPGC, and we like to think that a few lessons will last a lifetime as he moves toward his personal goal of becoming a teacher. Check out his work at www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/u...

#Teachers! Looking for professionally vetted activities for your 6th-12th grade students? We’ve got some! Our Educational Extension Team created this and other lessons. You can find the entire series at www.regenpgc.org/resources/we...

#Teachers! A new #school year is nearly here! Are you looking for innovative activities for youth from grades 6-12? Look no further than here. Our Extension Team has years of experience working to introduce kids to science. This lesson is well put together & vetted! www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/u...

#Teachers! A new #school year is nearly here! Are you looking for innovative activities for youth from grades 6-12? Look no further than here. Our Extension Team has years of experience working to introduce kids to science. This lesson is well put together & vetted! www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/u...

Are you a #teacher with students in the 6th - 12th grades? Do you know a teacher? Check out our learning tool, "Good Bugs: Groundcover, and Beneficial Insects" at www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/u... The goal is for youth to learn about natural enemies and their benefits to crop production.

Good article on #farmers and cover crops. Our project aims to go one step further with perennial ground cover. Check us out at www.regenpgc.org.

Our latest OPEN ACCESS publication: McDaniel, Marshall D., Dutter, Cole R., Eness, Maxwell Cecil, Alex, Miller, Bradley A., & Modestou, Modestos. (2026). A minimally destructive method for 2-dimensional soil and root mapping in row crops. Plant Soil, (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s111.... #USDA-NIFA

Hey #Teachers! Are you looking for fun activities for enterprising 4th & 5th graders? Look no further than our Iowa State University Extension & Outreach / RegenPGC collaboration! Download this activity at www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/u... See the series at shop.iastate.edu/extension/4-...

Check out our video, Hurtgenlea Holsteins Experimental Alfalfa-Corn Intercropping System , prepared in cooperation with USDA North Central Region (NCR)-SARE's Farming Matters YouTube video series. YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpXV....

Hurtgenlea Holsteins Experimental Alfalfa-corn Intercropping System

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Our work is research-oriented and farmer-tested. See what RegenPGC CoPd Cynthia Bartel & dairy #farmer Adam Hurtgen are doing to test a alfalfa-corn silage intercropping in "Harnessing the Power of Alfalfa-Corn Silage Intercropping." North Central Region SARE northcentral.sare.org/news/harness...

Perennial Groundcover. What is it? Learn in Myers-Bailey, G., Rockson, P.E., Andersen, D.S., Moore, K.J., Helmers, M.J., & Raman, D.R. (2026). Assessing the impact of perennial groundcover & interseeded annual cover crops on maize yield & drainage water quality. doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.... OPEN ACCESS

Assessing the impact of perennial groundcover and interseeded annual cover crops on maize yield and drainage water quality

The low adoption of annual cover crops in the United States Corn Belt has motivated research into novel cover cropping systems that mitigate the degrading of water quality due to soil and nutrient lo...

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Buckwheat and corn are growing very well together 🌱 #vegetablegarden #gardening

If it's not recorded somewhere, it doesn't exist... Seriously, as conscientious researchers, we do everything we can to share our work. Our latest Yr 5 Q3 Quarterly Progress Report does just that! You can find our report at www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/u...

Decades of research said organic farming builds soil better. A study of 3,000 actual farms says: not so fast. It's not organic vs. conventional — it's about biomass inputs, nitrogen, and tillage. The practices matter, not the label. My latest... csanr.wsu.edu/what-actuall...

Dominant Factors: What Actually Builds Soil Organic Matter

Organic and conventional systems can build soil when their practices support the dominant drivers of organic matter.

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PGC (Perennial ground cover) is it a system or a cycle? You guessed it. It's both! Learn more at www.regenpgc.org #RegenerativeAg #Research

Meet another member of our Summer 2026 Undergraduate Research Intern Team. Kaylee comes to Iowa State University from Northern Arizona University, and she says it's humid here. She's right, but what an opportunity for her to learn from our amazing research team!

It's summer, and we welcome another class of Undergraduate Research Interns. Today, meet Preston Marrable from No. Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. Preston will be working with RegenPGC CoPD Dr. Shuizhang Fei.

Congratulations to RegenPGC Graduate Education Community member Vipul Kumar!

PowerPoint makes it look simple. But it's all about the research that will get us to our goals of healthier soil and cleaner water in profitable farms.

Check out this poster from @RegenPGC Grad Student Vipul Kumar! You have nothing to lose, just something to learn! www.regenpgc.org/wp-content/u...

It's summer; time for a movie, right? How about "Traversing the Valley of Death is Easier with Partners (Key Learnings from RegenPGC, and Where We Go Next)." It's a perennial groundcover thriller... www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZKQ... #farming #agriculture

INRC Water Quality Seminar Series: Regional Collaborative Research - December 2025

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2 RegenPGC graduate students, Amina Moro & Rickel Franklin honored with 2026 (Fall) Fellowships from the #Iowa Crop Improvement Association.

Another cover cropping positive. We plan on going one step further with perennial cover cropping for the US #Midwest www.msn.com/en-us/money/...