Roundtable: Accidental Preplant Nitrogen
How will soybeans respond if you accidently put down nearly 200 lbs. of nitrogen (N) prior to planting? That was the question a grower [...]
Corn vs. Soybeans: Which Benefits From Early Planting The Most
Most growers have been pushing the planting envelope earlier and earlier, of course weather permitting. However which crop, corn or soybeans, benefits more from [...]
PODCAST: Delayed Planting Impacts Soybean Growers
Soybean agronomist, Dan Davidson, shares his insights on the impact an unusually wet Winter and Spring will have on the 2019 planting and growing [...]
Saturated Soils and Yellowing Soybeans
It has been a cool and wet spring, which has led to ponded fields, saturated soils, and delayed field work and planting. The crop, [...]
New Uses for Soy Hulls
When soybeans are crushed, the three end products are oil, meal (protein) and hulls. And of the three, soy hulls have the least value. [...]
The Row Spacing Conundrum
What is the best row spacing for soybeans: 7.5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 inches? That is a question I got one morning in [...]
Soy-based Fertilizer
If you are an organic farmer and looking for a source of organically certified nitrogen, a soy-based fertilizer is available. Soybeans have many unique [...]
What’s the Measure of Soybean Success
What technologies should farmers adopt to obtain the next incremental soybean yield gains after they have done everything else right? That was the question [...]
Spring Flooding and Spring Planting
Excessive rainfall and quick snow melt have led to flooding, ponding water and saturated soils. These conditions could impact when acticities begin this spring. [...]
Can Better Seed Singulation Improve Yield?
Will precisely singulating soybean seed down to 1-inch plant-to-plant spacing improve pod count and potential? Several agronomists, including me, think this could be true [...]
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