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Iowa Soybeans: High Reproduction of SCN Populations on PI 88788 Resistance Is Frightening Oct 29, 2022
Iowa State conducts soybean cyst nematode (SCN) experiments in fields rented from farmers in all of Iowa’s crop reporting districts. Spring soil samples are collected from each study area to […]
Moving Grain: White House Launches Initiatives To Combat Fuel Prices Oct 29, 2022
White House Launches Initiatives To Combat Fuel Prices For the week ending October 24, the U.S average diesel fuel price continued to rise for the third week in a row. […]
Michigan Soybeans: Reconditioning Overly Dry Crops Is Profitable but Risky Oct 28, 2022
Due to the warm and dry fall weather conditions, many Michigan producers harvested overly dry soybeans (8 to 10% moisture) and are storing them on the farm. These producers will […]
North Carolina Soybeans: Management Considerations for Planting Cover Crops Oct 27, 2022
Growers across North Carolina continue to increase cover crop adoption for the wide range of benefits that cover crop use offers crop rotations in this state. Past research has investigated […]
Arkansas Soybean Researchers Breed for ‘Plasticity’ in Various Environments Oct 26, 2022
Development of drought-tolerant soybean varieties will increase sustainability and economics of production, but current research indicates these varieties may perform poorly in the absence of drought. Larry Purcell has his […]
Ohio Soybeans: Fall Is the Best Time to Sample for SCN Oct 26, 2022
Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) remains the most economically damaging soybean pathogen in North America. If SCN levels are above damage threshold, significant yield reduction can often take place without visible […]
Pennsylvania Soybeans: Testing Your Fields for SCN Oct 22, 2022
Soybean cyst nematode is a microscopic roundworm that feeds on roots. Since it was first discovered in the US in 1954, the nematode is now present in every state where […]
Moving Grain: Barge Spot Rates Drop Sharply Oct 22, 2022
Barge Spot Rates Drop Sharply, Despite Ongoing River Challenges For the week of October 18, the St. Louis barge spot rate (GTR table 9) fell precipitously to $72.58 per ton […]
Louisiana: After Challenging Growing Season, Farmers Now Face Disappointment at Harvest Oct 22, 2022
To say 2022 has been a challenging year for Louisiana farmers would be an understatement. Back in the spring, as farmers prepared to plant their fields, they knew they would […]
Kentucky: Soybean Cyst Nematode Management Starts with Fall Soil Sampling Oct 19, 2022
The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) causes greater annual yield losses in Kentucky than any other pathogen of soybean. Preliminary results from an on-going SCN survey initiated in 2019 show that […]
