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{"title":"Thanks to our 2023 reviewers","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ael2.20136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20136","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Maintaining the editorial standards of a scientific journal is the primary task of the journal editors. Their task is made much easier with the help of colleagues who are invited to review manuscripts. Through their critical comments and helpful suggestions, these volunteer reviewers have done much to maintain and further the quality of research reported in <i>Agricultural &amp; Environmental Letters</i>. The members of the <i>Agricultural &amp; Environmental Letters</i> Editorial Board express their appreciation to the following individuals who reviewed manuscripts in 2023. Many of the reviewers listed below reviewed more than one paper. We extend our apologies and thanks to those reviewers whose names have been inadvertently omitted from this list.</p><p>Anapalli, Saseendran</p><p>Ansari, Jamshid</p><p>Armstrong, Shalamar</p><p>Asci, Serhat</p><p>Bhandari, Ammar</p><p>Buda, Anthony</p><p>Castellano, Michael</p><p>Chatterjee, Amitava</p><p>Chen, Chang-Er</p><p>Chiluwal, Anuj</p><p>Choi, Woo-Jung</p><p>Christianson, Laura</p><p>Cihacek, Larry</p><p>Crespo, Cecilia</p><p>Culman, Steven</p><p>Daigh, Aaron</p><p>Dey, Shuvashis</p><p>Dhakal, Madhav</p><p>Douzals, Jean Paul</p><p>Duquette, Cameron</p><p>Duzy, Leah</p><p>Fernández Jorquera, Francisco José</p><p>Galagedara, Lakshman</p><p>Ghatrehsamani, Shirin</p><p>Haruna, Samuel</p><p>He, Jinxi</p><p>He, Yangbo</p><p>Hopkins, Bryan</p><p>Jha, Gaurav</p><p>Joshi, Deepak R.</p><p>Joshi, Vijaya</p><p>Kharel, Tulsi</p><p>Knappenberger, Thorsten</p><p>Kolka, Randy</p><p>Kral-O'Brien, Katherine</p><p>Kronenberg, Raelin</p><p>Kumar, Chandan</p><p>Li, Sheng</p><p>Licht, Mark</p><p>Locke, Anna</p><p>Malone, Lindsay</p><p>Marx, Adam</p><p>McGuire, Andrew</p><p>Millar, David</p><p>Moore, Matt</p><p>Mowrer, Jake</p><p>Nam, Sunghyun</p><p>O'Brien, Peter</p><p>Pease, Lindsay</p><p>Provin, Tony</p><p>Ranville, Michelle</p><p>Ricart, Sandra</p><p>Roper, Wayne</p><p>Rosinger, Christoph</p><p>Ruark, Matthew</p><p>Rui, Yichao</p><p>Sanford, Gregg</p><p>Sassenrath, Gretchen</p><p>Sawadgo, Wendiam</p><p>Schlossberg, Maxim</p><p>Schneider, S. K.</p><p>Severino Da Silva, Liliane</p><p>Singh, Arshdeep</p><p>Singh, Hardeep</p><p>Slaughter, Lindsey C.</p><p>Smith, William</p><p>Sun, Luyi</p><p>Swenson, Rebecca</p><p>Villarreal, R.</p><p>Wade, Jordon</p><p>Wherley, Benjamin</p><p>White, Charles</p><p>White, Paul</p><p>Wooliver, Rachel</p><p>Worosz, Michelle</p><p>Young, Joseph</p><p>Zhang, Hailin</p>","PeriodicalId":48502,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural & Environmental Letters","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ael2.20136","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141164884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Discovering farmers’ views of on-farm precision experimentation","authors":"Reagen G. Tibbs,&nbsp;Maria A. Boerngen","doi":"10.1002/ael2.20130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20130","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <p>Precision agriculture technologies (PATs) have revolutionized agriculture production and provide many benefits to farmers. Among these benefits is the ability to conduct experiments using PATs and collaborate with researchers in a process known as on-farm precision experimentation (OFPE). OFPE is a citizen-science approach that fosters relationships and knowledge-sharing to address challenges of mutual interest. While the literature on precision agriculture is extensive, little research has addressed farmers’ willingness to conduct OFPE with researchers. Interviews with 11 Illinois farmers revealed high adoption rates of PATs. Interest in collaborating with researchers to conduct OFPE was mixed, with farmers identifying clear channels of communication as the most important factor in their decision to collaborate. While additional study is needed among the larger farming community, these initial insights may contribute to the larger effort to encourage greater collaboration between researchers and farmers to find real-world solutions to agronomic, economic, and environmental challenges.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Core Ideas</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Precision agriculture technologies (PATs) allow farmers to engage in on-farm precision experimentation (OFPE).</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>OFPE fosters farmer and researcher collaboration to help address agronomic challenges.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>This study provides initial insight into farmers’ perceptions of and interest in OFPE.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48502,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural & Environmental Letters","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ael2.20130","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141164869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Uncertainty resulting from constant bulk density assumption when interpreting soil nutrient concentrations","authors":"Arshdeep Singh,&nbsp;Meetpal S. Kukal","doi":"10.1002/ael2.20129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20129","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Soil nutrient concentrations are often expressed as parts per million (ppm) in soil test reports. For incorporation into nutrient management decisions, ppm-based concentrations have to be converted into pounds per acre, and a conversion factor (multiplier) of 2.0 is typically recommended universally to do so. However, this conversion factor stems from an assumed value of bulk density (<i>ρ</i>_b) corresponding to silt loam soil and is invariant to any deviation beyond assumed <i>ρ</i>_b. Here, we quantify and evaluate the potential ramifications of assuming a constant <i>ρ</i>_b value on calculating soil nitrogen credits. A true dynamic conversion factor that is sensitive to variation in <i>ρ</i>_b ranges between 1.28 and 2.68 for soils across US cropland. Failure to account for this dynamic conversion factor was shown to result in an underestimation of soil N credits by up to 40%. In addition to spatial variation, management-induced changes in <i>ρ</i>_b are also important to incorporate into the conversion factor.</p>","PeriodicalId":48502,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural & Environmental Letters","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ael2.20129","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141156474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Soil health indicators reveal that past dairy manure applications create a legacy effect","authors":"David D. Tarkalson,&nbsp;Christopher W. Rogers,&nbsp;David L. Bjorneberg,&nbsp;Robert S. Dungan","doi":"10.1002/ael2.20128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20128","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding the long-term effects of manure applications on the soil microbial component in semiarid climates will be key to sustain essential processes that affect their productivity and soil health. In this paper, soil health indicators encompassed both selected chemical and biological indicators. From 2004 to 2009, solid dairy manure treatments were applied to plots at cumulative rates of 0, 134, and 237 dry Mg ha⁻¹ (34–56 dry Mg ha⁻¹ year⁻¹) in a randomized complete block with three replicates. Soil samples were taken from each manure rate in the spring of 2020 at 0–15 and 15–30 cm. Eleven years after manure applications ceased, many of the soil chemical and biological indicators were different between the manure and control treatments. In general, soil organic carbon and biological indicators were significantly greater in the 134 and 237 Mg ha⁻¹ treatments as compared to the 0 Mg ha⁻¹ treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":48502,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural & Environmental Letters","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ael2.20128","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140808094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predictive soil health indicators across a boreal forest to agricultural conversion gradient","authors":"P. Benalcazar,&nbsp;R. Kolka,&nbsp;A. C. Diochon,&nbsp;R. R. Schindelbeck,&nbsp;T. Sahota,&nbsp;B. E. McLaren,&nbsp;John Stanovick","doi":"10.1002/ael2.20123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20123","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A changing climate offers new opportunities to expand agriculture in northern latitudes, and understanding forest-to-agriculture land conversion impacts is critical to ensure soil sustainability. Using the Comprehensive Assessment of Soil Health (CASH) framework, we identified a minimum suite of indicators with little collinearity to reliably predict soil impacts during the conversion of boreal forest to agriculture and a time since conversion gradient (forest, &lt;10 years, &gt;10 and &lt;50 years, and &gt;50 years since conversion). We sampled paired forest and agricultural sites and used multiple linear regression to assess 16 indicators and found four- and six-indicator models predicted the CASH score with varying but reasonable accuracy depending on conversion class. Organic matter, water aggregate stability, and pH were consistent predictors across all classes, as well as one or more micronutrients. The CASH framework appears to be more suitable for agricultural soils and as time since conversion proceeds.</p>","PeriodicalId":48502,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural & Environmental Letters","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ael2.20123","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140641986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tailwater recovery systems can improve water quality: An area ripe for research in cranberry agriculture","authors":"Casey D. Kennedy,&nbsp;Austin Omer,&nbsp;Adrian R. H. Wiegman,&nbsp;Molly K. Welsh,&nbsp;David Millar,&nbsp;Anthony R. Buda","doi":"10.1002/ael2.20122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20122","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <p>Tailwater recovery (TWR) systems, which divert phosphorus-rich drainage water from cranberry (<i>Vaccinium macrocarpon</i> Ait.) farms into reservoirs, have the potential to improve water quality of freshwater lakes in Massachusetts. However, residents and environmentalists have questioned the potential water quality benefits of TWR systems. In the southeastern United States, research shows that TWR systems decrease agricultural inputs of phosphorus (P) to surface water by 23%–92%. Additionally, a case study in Massachusetts demonstrated the efficacy of TWR and other best management practices in reducing P concentrations in White Island Pond. Although TWR systems appear effective as part of a P management strategy, more research is needed to quantify their environmental benefits and allay public concerns. We propose filling three critical research gaps to strengthen and broaden support for TWR systems in cranberry agriculture in Massachusetts: (1) quantifying physical properties, (2) quantifying water storage potential, and (3) quantifying P retention capacity.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Core Ideas</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Excess phosphorus (P) from cranberry farms may contribute to the eutrophication of freshwater lakes.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Agricultural tailwater recovery (TWR) systems are increasingly used to conserve water and improve water quality.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Earth removal, critical to create TWR ponds and provide sand for cranberry farms, has drawn public opposition.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Research and case studies indicate TWR systems may decrease P inputs from cranberry farms to surface water.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Long-term monitoring, research, and stakeholder engagement are needed to assess efficacy of cranberry TWR systems.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48502,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural & Environmental Letters","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ael2.20122","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140606363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Agricultural & Environmental Letters Annual Report, 2023","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ael2.20126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20126","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48502,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural & Environmental Letters","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140552974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recipients of 2023 A&EL Editor's Citation for Excellence named","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ael2.20127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20127","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The editorial board of <i>Agricultural &amp; Environmental Letters</i> is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Editor's Citation for Excellence. These awards recognize the outstanding professional commitment and dedication of volunteer reviewers and editors who, through their excellent insights and comments, have helped maintain the high standard and quality of papers published in the journal. Recipients were nominated based on their thorough, competent, and timely reviews or editing of manuscripts.</p>","PeriodicalId":48502,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural & Environmental Letters","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ael2.20127","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140550190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The misuse of permanganate as a quantitative measure of soil organic carbon","authors":"Andrew J. Margenot,&nbsp;Jordon Wade,&nbsp;Finnleigh S. Woodings","doi":"10.1002/ael2.20124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20124","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the last two decades, permanganate has been used to define what is assumed to be a labile or “active” soil carbon (C) pool, commonly referred to as “permanganate-oxidizable carbon” (POXC). However, uncertainties in the reduction reaction (Mn⁷⁺ → Mn⁴⁺/Mn²⁺) and even greater uncertainties in the oxidation reaction (C^? → C^?) as well as the reaction of non-C reductants in the soil sample preclude the calculation of milligram C per kilogram of soil oxidized. Combined variation in the reduction–oxidation reactions can entail up to fivefold variation in how much soil organic C is oxidized per unit permanganate reduced. Without determining final reduction state of Mn and the initial and final oxidation states of C, the amount of C oxidized cannot be calculated. Unless a concrete understanding of the reduction and oxidation half-reactions is achieved, an alternative expression of permanganate reactivity of a soil sample (i.e., not mg C kg⁻¹ soil) is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48502,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural & Environmental Letters","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ael2.20124","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140541137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are crop insurance discount programs for cover crops effective? Evidence from Iowa","authors":"Wendiam P. M. Sawadgo","doi":"10.1002/ael2.20125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20125","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cover crops are promoted by agronomists and governments due to their on-farm and off-farm benefits. Incentive programs were created because high planting costs have hindered cover crop adoption in the United States. Crop insurance discount programs are novel incentives that subsidize farmers’ crop insurance premiums by $5 per acre ($12.36 ha⁻¹) on cover cropped land. While this payment is smaller than those typically offered through the Natural Resources Conservation Service and state-level cost-share programs, crop insurance discount programs have the potential to reach a significant proportion of farmers who purchase crop insurance. This paper uses data from a survey of Iowa farmers to quantify whether participation in the Iowa Crop Insurance Discount Program (ICIDP) affects the area planted to cover crops. I find that 11% of the ICIDP area would not have been planted to cover crops in the absence of the program, which is similar to other programs after considering the lower payment rate.</p>","PeriodicalId":48502,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural & Environmental Letters","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ael2.20125","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140541092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}