Winter 2025-2026 Newsletter
New framework for crop water dynamics advances transpiration modeling; Illinois leads most comprehensive Midwest agricultural greenhouse gas dataset; ASC launches US–Singapore SIGMA agri-food research alliance; ASC leaders earn 2025 agInnovation awards; Researchers reveal role of tile drainage in soil oxygen and yields; Study quantifies benefits and trade-offs of corn–soy rotation; Margenot leads national phosphorus sustainability initiative; Illinois team disentangles drivers of nitrogen loss in Upper Mississippi River Basin; Study links climate change to cropland expansion and emissions; ASC shares digital agriculture insights at FAO IDASF 2025; ASC co-leads U.S.–Brazil project on agricultural emissions
Spring 2025 Newsletter
Lisa Ainsworth appointed Charles Adlai Ewing Endowed Chair in Crop Physiology; Andrew Margenot leads legacy phosphorus management position paper; Carl Bernacchi drives climate-focused agricultural studies; Wendy Yang’s team develops model for N₂O emission variability; Eric Potash demonstrates cost-effective soil carbon monitoring; ASC examines factors behind 2023 Illinois dust storm; ASC hosts symposium on agricultural decarbonization; Kaiyu Guan delivers ASA Plenary Distinguished Lecture; Kaiyu Guan and Jeremy Guest named Levenick Professors
Spring 2024 Newsletter
ASC announces N2Onet; ASC Associate Director Yang’s collaborative nitrous oxide tracking; ASC Associate Director Margenot’s Soils Lab; New method to measure ozone stress in soybeans; New NASA grant; U of I Team to study spring dust storms; Guan receives Macelwane Medal and named AGU Fellow
Fall 2024 Newsletter
Features on Lisa Ainsworth and Jonathan Coppess; AI and supercomputing can quantify greenhouse gas emissions from individual farms; USDA grant supports collaboration study with Danforth Plant Science Center; Study reveals stable soil moisture variability within fields, opens the door for satellite remote sensing; ASC scientists use ground-based instruments to measure SIF that reflect plant health and photosynthesis