Production Stories
Tracy Blackmer, Ph.D.Director of ResearchIowa Soybean AssociationOn-Farm Network®That’s my prediction, and I’m sticking to it. We just can’t predict when or where or how. Farmers will always be interested in the weather. It is, after all, the major...
By Matthew Wilde - Soybeans didn’t thrive during the worst drought in decades, but the resilient legume fared better last year than other crops statewide.Timely rains and cooler temperatures in August during the critical pod set and fill period...
Weather uncertainty doesn’t change most of the usual crop production strategies, but if there’s nothing indicating an end to dry soils by planting time, you may want to consider cutting back on practices that are only marginally profitable.The real...
By Matthew Wilde - More and more Iowa farmers are installing their own drainage tile to save time and money, industry officials say. Dean Coleman, Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) District 2 Board member, says there’s no better time to dig in the dirt...
By Joe Murphy - Water has defined Jeff Zogg’s career. Floods – some devastating – along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers have kept him busy for months at a time. Today, Zogg’s focus is in dealing with the lack of water and the problems the...
February 1, 2012 1:00 am
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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...
February 1, 2012 1:00 am
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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...
November 14, 2012 12:51 pm
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Continuous corn, especially with the market prices we’ve seen this year, has a lot of appeal to Iowa’s row-crop producers. Over the last five years, the trend toward corn-on-corn has grown, generally at the expense of soybean production.While there...
November 14, 2012 12:26 pm
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U.S. soybean farmers refer to it as a “yield robber.” Soybean cyst nematode (SCN), a disease that can live for many years in the soil, is relatively invisible when looking at an infested field. However, farmers can’t miss it when they look at their...
March 1, 2012 1:00 am
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Iowa State University’s three-pronged approach to combating Sudden Death Syndrome, or SDS, is bringing new hope in the war against Fusarium virguliforme. In-depth research on the behavior of the fungus, molecular-level study of the interaction...
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