Walking rows of soybeans in the mid-summer heat is an exhausting but essential chore in breeding new cultivars. Researchers brave the heat daily during crucial parts of the growing season …
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Arkansas soybean harvest rallies, heads to strong finish
• By Ryan McGeeney • What a difference a week makes. Or a half hour. Even before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service published its weekly Crop …
Read More »Mississippi growers race to harvest beans ahead of Hurricane Delta
Soybean growers in the Mississippi Delta are hustling to beat Hurricane Delta. Row crop producers across the state are joining in the scramble to harvest as many of their crops …
Read More »Timely soybean harvest is needed to maintain yields, quality
Kentucky has experienced a couple weeks of dry weather. As a result, soybean producers need to pay close attention to their crops to make sure they get them out of …
Read More »Rain from Tropical Storm Beta further bogs down Arkansas harvest
• By Ryan McGeeney • In the month that followed the high winds and rain that Tropical Storm Laura swept into Arkansas as the corn and rice harvests were set …
Read More »Reduced acreage, shaky start challenged Mississippi soybeans
Producers are tracing the mixed results they see from the 2019 Mississippi soybean harvest back to early struggles getting the crop started. Trent Irby, Mississippi State University Extension Service soybean …
Read More »3 considerations for soybean harvest aids
• By Angela McClure • Although the majority of soybeans are harvested without the benefit of a harvest aid, there are a few situations where they make sense. Using the …
Read More »Keep these points in mind when considering a harvest aid
• By Trent Irby • As we move into September, we have had a few acres of soybean harvested, some that have already received a harvest aid, many that are …
Read More »Year of extremes took a toll on Arkansas soybeans and rice
A year of weather extremes — from a hard-frozen winter to a summer of drought to seemingly endless rains in the fall — took its toll on both rice and …
Read More »Cold unlikely to speed Arkansas harvest; bean seed quality looks low
With approximately 20 percent of Arkansas soybeans still left to harvest, producers were struck in mid-November with a cold snap that neither sped nor hindered progress; it just made things …
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