The Penn State Agronomy Guide
The Penn State Agronomy Guide is designed as a quick reference for information on crop and soil management, including varieties, nutritional requirements, establishment, and harvesting; storing seed and grain; and farm management and budgeting. Recommendations for managing weed, insect, and disease pests in corn, grain sorghum, soybean, small grains, and forages are provided in Part 2.
This comprehensive guide is revised biennially by Penn State Extension specialists in agronomy, entomology, and plant pathology; U.S. Pasture Laboratory staff; county extension educators; seed, fertilizer, lime, and pesticide industry personnel; and representatives of state agricultural and environmental government agencies.
The current version was released in February 2023.
The print format is currently out of stock and will become available with the next edition in early 2025. The digital format ($15.00) continues to be available for purchase.
Farm managers, producers, and growers on farms of any size
Crop management (corn, grain sorghum, small grains, forages, cover crops), soil management (soil fertility management, nontraditional soil amendments), organic crop production basics, enterprise budgeting, and pest management for corn, sorghum, soybean, small grains, and forages
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