By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. farmers planted a record-breaking soybean crop this spring, according to USDA’s June 30 Planted Acreage report. ...
The soybean checkoff has joined forces with the World Food Prize (WFP), an organization devoted to addressing world hunger by meeting the food needs of a growing population. ...
By Margaret Lawrence
Auburn University
Soybean rust, a fungal disease that can decimate yields, has been found in a soybean sentinel plot in Washington County according to Ed Sikora, a plant pathologist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System....
The United Soybean Board (USB) and soybean checkoff will have the help of seven U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) affiliated Clean Cities chapters to communicate the benefits of soy biodiesel this summer....
The American Soybean Association (ASA) and Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont Business, are seeking applicants for the 2010 Young Leader Program. ...
By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
Soybean growers are full-speed ahead with planting, however, the wet spring has put many of them behind schedule....
The American Soybean Association (ASA) has provided comments in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Public Hearing on the EPA’s Proposed Rule for the expanded Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2). ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Planting delays in the Delta and eastern Corn Belt are expected to reduce yields for corn and rice, according to USDA’s June 10 Crop Production Report. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The first step in maximizing profit on an expected increase in soybean acreage in the upper Southeast is choosing the best variety to fit into a particular set of growing conditions....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Millions of viewers saw Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves cross the finish line first at the Indianapolis 500 a couple of weeks ago. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers and friends attending the 2009 Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition Field Day, scheduled for July 7, will get to see some new varieties and crops, some new ways of crop production and a lot of valuable variety information on staple crops of the Southeast....
By Mike Patterson & John Everest
Alabama Extension System Weed Scientists
The number of herbicides available for weed management in soybeans has increased in the past few years and we now have more tools than ever for weed management....
Two U.S. soybean farmers recently participated in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) fact-finding mission to Colombia, including United Soybean Board (USB) Communications Chair Vanessa Kummer, a farmer from Colfax, N.D....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Wilson, N.C., farmer Linwood Vick grew up quick in the farming business — he had to — and at a young age has become one of the top tobacco and sweet potato farmers in the Carolinas....
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Top agricultural scientists from across the United States met in Georgia this month to discuss ways to help farmers increase profits, optimize yields, decrease inputs and manage crops based on local weather and soil conditions....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
With soybean acreage increasing dramatically in parts of the Southeast this year, growers will want to be aware of some of the insect pests that could cause problems as the season progresses....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
American Soybean Association leaders say that if federal officials wanted to damage the biodiesel industry they couldn’t do a much better job of it than they are now, presumably unintentionally....
Take time this month to indulge in a hearty breakfast of steak and eggs to celebrate beef month and egg month and support U.S. beef and egg producers as well as U.S. soybean farmers....
American Soybean Association officials are supporting the Obama Administration’s fiscal year 2010 budget request for aquaculture research that could increase demand for soybean meal in aquafeed....
Suffolk, Va., grower John Crumpler says he has known for a long time that extending rotation is a sure way to increase productivity, but adds that is especially true for peanuts — especially if soybeans are in the rotation....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The biggest move of the year could be a bear market in new crop soybeans, according to market analyst Richard Brock, Brock and Associates, participating in a Web cast following USDA’s May 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. soybean production is projected at 3.2 billion bushels, up 236 million from 2008-09, according to USDA in its May 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. and world ending stocks for cotton are expected to shrink in 2009-10, according to USDA’s first assessment of U.S. and world supply and demand for the new marketing year. ...
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Soybeans are the typical replacement for ground meat in patties. ...
By Ames Herbert
Virginia Tech\Department of Entomology
Growers in our area have been dependent on pyrethroids for controlling corn earworm (CEW) for many years in many crops including cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sweet corn, tomato and several other vegetable crops. ...
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