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Look Out For Green Stem Syndrome In Soybeans

September 30, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

Reports are trickling in about green stem syndrome (GSS) in Iowa soybean, which is like rubbing salt in the 2013 soybean crop wound. Before we get into details of the disorder, we wanted to let you know that the IPM program is doing an analysis to determine the most common causes of GSS.

Harvest Considerations For Viable Soybean Maturity

September 30, 2013

Variable soil types, knolls, and drought have left some growers with extreme in-field variability of soybean maturity. There are areas in fields where the soybean seed is 13% or less moisture adjacent to areas with green seed.

South America Focuses On Soil Quality

September 25, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

After 30 years of rapidly expanding agriculture, South America is turning its focus from developing new fields to taking better care of those already in production. Victor Trucco remembers his father saying that soybeans would never be grown in their area. Yet Trucco became the first person to grow soybeans not long after he returned to the home farm in the mid-1960s.

Search Narrowed On Parasite That Destroys Soybean Yields

September 19, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: University of Missouri

A team of scientists from the University of Missouri, the University of Georgia and the Beijing Genome Institute have used next-generation sequencing to identify two genes, out of approximately 50,000 possibilities, that defend soybeans from damage caused by the root-knot nematode (RKN) parasite.

Late-Season Nitrogen For Soybeans?

August 3, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: By Ron Gelderman, South Dakota State University

What is the potential for increasing soybean yield by adding some late-season N at the pod filling stage?

Strip-Till Flexibility Keeps Mother Nature In Check

Fertilizer-application testing and equipment adjustments improve soil health and crop yields for Nebraska strip-tiller Jerry Baysinger.

By Jack Zemlicka posted on August 1, 2013 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Sometimes the best plan in strip-till is to plan for the unexpected. This is a philosophy Jerry Baysinger knows well after almost 20 years of strip-tilling.

25 Years Of Unlocking Secrets To No-Till Success

Since 1988, the Graves-Chapple Research Center has been helping no-tillers in northwestern Missouri fine-tune their corn-and soybean system management and farm their no-tilled acres more sustainably.

By Mark Parker posted on August 1, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops, Water Management

Finding answers for farmers is the mission of all university research farms, but the Graves-Chapple Research Center in northwest Missouri zeroes in on the questions from a solidly no-till perspective.

Obsession With Soil Health Paves Way For Better No-Tilling

Indiana no-tiller Dave Chance uses a combination of compost, cover crops and vertical tillage to tame high-clay soils and boost yields.

By John Dobberstein posted on August 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health

For Dave Chance, building a successful no-till system has come from a combination of timely discoveries, deliberate decisions and a healthy fascination with soil health.

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Leaving Profits On The Table

By John Dobberstein posted on July 17, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops

As summer has begun to heat up across the U.S. this week, it made me think of a really interesting question I heard at the National No-Tillage Conference several months ago.

Control Of Glyphosate-Resistant Volunteer Soybeans In Corn

July 8, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, CropWatch

Recently we received several inquiries about the presence of glyphosate-resistant volunteer soybeans in corn fields and cost-effective control options.

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