What Can You Learn at the On-Farm Network® Web Site?
Farm publications, radio and TV this year are full of advertisements for inputs that promise to give you greater returns from your soybean and corn crops. Some of these products are new, while others have been around awhile. What makes this year
different from the past is the commodity market price.

Soybean Aphid Research
Yields Promising Tools For Farmers
Do you control or manage weeds in your soybeans? Weed specialists say your answer determines whether or not you are truly maximizing your yield potential. “Growers often mistake weed control for weed management,” says Mike Owen, Iowa State University agronomy professor and Extension weed specialist.

Flooded Farms and Infrastructure: Adding Insult to Injury
Submerged farmland. Collapsed railroad bridges. Washed-out gravel roads. Replanting a second, or even a third, time. Lock-and-dam closures. Producers who were able to finally finish planting have been greeted by an infrastructure less equipped to transport soybeans and other agricultural products along the journey from farm to dinner plate – adding insult to the injuries sustained by farmers throughout the Midwest during the floods of 2008.

Look Out For SDS
Learn to Identify Yield Robbers
Sudden death syndrome (SDS), one of the most serious soybean diseases, is most severe when young soybeans are subjected to cool, wet conditions like we’ve experienced this spring.

Checkoff at Work in South American Aquaculture
The Western Hemisphere leads the world in much agricultural production. It is also an increasingly important area for aquaculture or fish farming. Worldwide, aquaculture is the largest growth market area for soybean meal, expanding at a rate of 9 to 11 percent each year.

Row By Row
Minimize Your Harvest Loss.