COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
Research is key to gaining deeper insights into the variables that affect soybean production. We collaborate with researchers across Illinois to fund research projects that help identify solutions to your toughest production challenges and questions.
View PDF for the full List of FY25 Research Projects.
Research Geared to Solve Production Challenges
Each growing season brings new and complex challenges to soybean production in Illinois. From extreme weather conditions to new and changing pest pressures to herbicide resistance, farmers face tremendous obstacles every year. The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) is responding by funding innovative research that often spans multiple years to evaluate ever-changing conditions and identify solutions that can work on your farm.
Learn more about the research projects we’re funding by checking out the research categories below. If there’s a project or two that interest you, you can connect with the researchers behind the projects in Meet the Researchers. And if you’re curious about past research projects and key findings, check out the Archive.
Are you a farmer or advisor?
If you’re a farmer or advisor, we invite you to take our Soybean Production Concerns Survey linked below to help guide future ISA research efforts. We also encourage you to contact us below with specific production challenge research ideas.
Are you a researcher?
If you’re a researcher interested in working with ISA on a project, we encourage you to contact us with your ideas. The RFP will open in early March. Contact us below to be added to the mailing list for more information.
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