Part 2 – Soybean Calcium Requirements: Understanding the Calcium Cycle
Soil tests indicate large amounts of exchangeable calcium in the soil, but what’s important is how much soluble calcium is present. You can ask [...]
Part 1 – Soybean Calcium Requirements: Soil
Calcium is often an overlooked nutrient in crop production because soil tests report large amounts of this extractable cation. This is the first in [...]
Can Soybeans Grow in Hydric Soils?
An attorney from Virginia called recently to discuss whether soybeans can or can’t grow in hydric soils. He is representing a client in Virginia [...]
Soil Health Imperative
Is soil health driving any of your on-farm decisions? Powering up the soil is like supercharging an engine. There are lots of things you [...]
WET WEATHER AND EVALUATING SOYBEAN STAND
Original article posted on C.O.R.N. Newsletter. Saturated soils after soybean planting can cause uneven emergence and stand reductions of varying extent depending on the [...]
Checking the Pulse of your Soil
Have you checked the health of your soil lately? Checking respiration of your soil is like checking your pulse—indicating your health level, but not [...]
Webinar: Role of Gypsum in Improving Soil and Water Quality
Warren Dick from The Ohio State University discusses what gypsum is, its benefits to soil, sources of gypsum, how it can be applied and [...]
Know Your Soils, Improve Their Quality to Help Soybean Fertility
This article originally appeared in the December 2016 issue of No-Till Farmer magazine. Corn is usually the main focus of a grower’s fertility program, [...]
Incorporating Soil Health into your Farming Mantra
It is time for farmers to begin thinking as much about soil health and farming their soil as farming their crop. Doing so will [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Soybean Seeds Are Hungry for Water
When it comes to planting soybeans, moisture and soil conditions matter. Soybean seeds require more water to germinate than corn and must imbibe (absorb) [...]
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