Production Stories
In humans, high blood pressure is often called the silent killer. Its visible signs are not apparent until it’s too late. And likewise for soybeans – they have their own silent killer, the soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Growers think they’re...
The Iowa Soybean Association On-Farm Network® uses aerial imagery to detect differences between specific areas within fields, such as determining areas of nitrogen sufficiency and deficiency in corn, or between one treatment and another in...
Don Sandell takes to the sky to get bird’s eye view of his crops at Fort Dodge. Flying a Six Chuter Legend Powered Parachute, Sandell has used his love of flying to see the big picture (and small details) of his soybean operation since 2005.1....
Can I apply manure in winter?” “What do I do if someone turns me in for herbicide drift?”Farmers with questions like these now have an online resource they can turn to for answers that are both easy to find and easy to read.Organized in a question...
Unlike the many bee-pollinated fruit and vegetable crops, soybeans are self-pollinated. Still, intriguing clues are surfacing that hint at links between healthy pollinator populations and soybean production.“Soybeans are bred to be self-pollinating...
Unlike the many bee-pollinated fruit and vegetable crops, soybeans are self-pollinated. Still, intriguing clues are surfacing that hint at links between healthy pollinator populations and soybean production.“Soybeans are bred to be self-pollinating...
In rural America we are observing a growing friction between an increasingly abundant and productive agricultural sector on one hand, and a rural infrastructure that is ill-equipped to accommodate it. While yields are projected to increase...
As you continue to prepare for the next crop season, a lot of people are going to offer you all kinds of products and ideas in an effort to influence your management decisions. The fact is, agronomy – crop production science – is so complex that no...
Iowa soybean farmers are responding to the world’s growing demand for seafood. That’s right. Seafood.By 2030, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates an additional 40 million tons of fish per year will be needed to just to...
What will it take to increase the size and scope of Iowa agriculture over the next two decades? A new project, Iowa AgriScope 2030, explores this question to formulate a comprehensive plan that incorporates all the key players in agriculture:...
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