Soybeans Archive
7 Ways To Attain Ultra-High Soybean Yields
Feb 17, 2010, By John Pocock, Corn & Soybean Digest
Recent yield contests in some states show that a handful of farmers are coming close to routinely raising 100-bu.-or-better soybeans in consecutive years. If these farmers can find a way to achieve ultra-high soybeans yields year-in and year-out, you can, too...
Organic Soybeans Offer High Profits, Along with Higher Risk | Organic Opportunities
Jan 1, 2010, By Liz Morrison
It could be a scene from the past: young people with hoes, weeding long rows of soy-beans by hand. That pretty much describes certified organic soybeans...
Soybean Demand Continues To Grow, Thanks In Part To China | Bullish on Beans
Jan 1, 2010, By Susan Winsor
Soybean demand is growing the fastest of any crop in the world today. A growing appetite for meat in developing countries ensures that this trend will...
United Soybean Board (USB) Names New Officers
Jan 1, 2010, Compiled By Greg Lamp
The United Soybean Board elected the following slate of executive committee members last month. Chairman is Phil Bradshaw, Griggsville, IL; vice chairman...
Corn and Soybean Growers Question Taking Acres Out of the Conservation Reserve Program | Take Acres Out of CRP?
Jan 1, 2010, By Kenna Rathai
Although heralded as USDA's most successful conservation program in history, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) endures scrutiny every time a new...
ASA Announces 2010 Officers
Jan 1, 2010, Compiled by Greg Lamp
The Board of Directors of the American Soybean Association (ASA) has confirmed Rob Joslin from Sidney, OH, as president, and Johnny Dodson from Halls,...
Benefits of Soy Health
Jan 1, 2010, Compiled by Greg Lamp
Two new University of Illinois (U of I) studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may...
The Soybean Genome Sequence is Published and Ready To Help Farmers Garner Better Traits | Soybean Now Sequenced
Jan 1, 2010, By Jen Bennett
When someone says, we think of human genetics and how baby Joe has great-grandpa Harry's nose or ears. Or, maybe we think of crime scenes. (Thank you,...
U.S. Farmers Continue to Favor Biotech Crops
Dec 1, 2009, Source: Farm Press
According to the USDA, U.S. farmers have embraced biotech crops of soybeans, cotton and corn at the rate of 91%, 88% and 85%, respectively. This is because agricultural biotechnology allows farmers to grow more food on less land using farming practices that are more cost effective and environmentally sustainable...
New Bug Threatens Soybeans
Dec 1, 2009, COMPILED BY GREG LAMP
Researchers from the University of Georgia (UGA) and Dow AgroSciences have identified a kudzu-eating pest in northeast Georgia that has never been found...
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