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Manage Soybeans to Push Profits
By Pamela Smith, DTN Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) — Taking soybean production to the next level requires a different thought process. DTN asked …
Manage Soybeans All Season Long, Season-Long Game Plan Pushes Soybeans Through Biology
“With favorable market prices and pricey nitrogen pressuring corn and cotton acres, soybeans are in the spotlight this year.” – Kris Ehler, Farmer, Thomasboro, Illinois.
Know Your SCN Risks Before Planting Soybeans Back-to-Back
The SCN Coalition experts recommend soybean growers rotate SCN-resistant soybean varieties.
Why Should You Calibrate Your Sprayer Even If it has a Rate Controller?
Make sure the nozzle size selected will allow the controllers to make necessary changes in the flow rates while still staying within a safe, applicable, and allowable pressure range. – Dr. Erdal Ozkan
Set-Up Soybeans for Success in 2022
For soybean, pre-planting decisions are extremely important to set-up the crop for success.
Soil Temperature and Early Planting Conditions
Planting when conditions are adequate (soil temperatures above 50°F and greater than 45% plant available water content) is recommended for corn and soybeans.
EPA Removes Ohio’s Enlist Herbicide Restrictions
“The use of these products — with the existing label requirements in place to mitigate spray drift and pesticide runoff—will not likely jeopardize the American Burying Beetle or other listed species and their critical habitats in these counties.” – U.S. EPA
New Herbicides
Each year, farmers lose about $33 billion dollars in crop losses due to weeds.
USB Adding Value to Your Soybean Checkoff
“We take checkoff dollars to create value for the U.S. soybean and we invest that in research, education and, of course, promotion.” Steve Reinhard, United Soybean Board treasurer and board member, Crawford County farmer.