August 2025 Issue

 Acres U.S.A., The Voice of Eco-Agriculture, August 2025 | Issue #650, Copyright 2025, 67 pages. 

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August 2025 • Issue #650

Photo: Soil (Courtesy of Joe Ailts) 

Photo caption: Wisconsin grower Joe Ailts poses with a 1,002-pound giant pumpkin — the darkest orange one he’s ever grown. Read more about how Ailts manages his sweet corn-cover crop-pumpkin rotation — and his thoughts on early maturing soybeans — on page 40.

FEATURES

Beyond Essentials
The minerals we’ve dismissed as “non-essential” may in fact be essential to the agricultural resilience we increasingly need
BY SAM KNOWLTON 

The Four R’s of Regenerative Agriculture
The rhizosphere, rhizodeposition, the rhizosheath and rhizophagy form the biological basis of soil health
BY STEVE DIVER

Soil Rx
Human health is a helpful framework for the critical assessment and selection of bio-inputs
BY SCOTT MCELVEEN

The Bright and the Tarnished Sides of Copper
Copper-based fungicide is effective, but it poses environmental risks
BY RONALD LANE

DEPARTMENTS

VIEW FROM THE COUNTRY
Monthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor

OPINION
Will MAHA Make Our Children Healthy Again?
MAHA could break the logjam holding back badly needed change, but the challenges are significant
BY CHARLES BENBROOK

ECO-UPDATE
News in brief on developments in agronomic science

REGEN AGRONOMY
The Crop’s Perspective
Sap analysis reveals the true relevance of your soil test data
BY KEVIN TULLEY

INTERVIEW
Giant Pumpkins and Spice
Agronomist and farmer grower Joe Ailts shares his unique cover crop-pumpkin-sweet corn rotation, the benefits of early soybeans, and his secrets for growing competitive giant pumpkins

REVIEWS

MARKETPLACE

CLASSIFIEDS

ECO-MEETINGS

ECO-GRAPHIC

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