As one applies nitrogen fertilizer to the soil, soil pH slowly decreases. Over time, even the calcareous soils of western Minnesota are impacted. But what does that mean to soybean growers? Soil pH is technically defined as the negative log…
March 9, 2023
Written by Minnesota Soybean Director of Research David Kee The 2022 harvest finished a bit early for many of you. It is fall, which means it’s time to dig out your sampling probe and go collect samples. Many of you…
October 26, 2022
By Minnesota Soybean Director of Research David Kee The three amigos – Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS), Brown Stem Rot (BSR) and White Mold (WM) – have all popped up across the state. The three are often confused by farmers as…
October 11, 2022
Help University of Minnesota researchers help you! UMN professors and checkoff-supported researchers Ashish Ranjan and Megan McCaghey need your assistance. Phytophthora root and stem rot is causing major yield loss. Ranjan and McCaghey are interested in developing meaningful projects to understand…
August 24, 2022
By David Kee, Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council Director of Research According to the latest USDA-NASS report, 66% of the Minnesota soybean crop is rated good to excellent and about 81% of the crop is in flowering (five days…
August 3, 2022
XtendiMax, Engenia, and Tavium are dicamba herbicides labeled for postemergence application on Xtend soybeans. Although these products are less volatile than older dicamba formulations, drift of dicamba vapor from treated fields resulted in damage to adjacent crops and landscape plants.…
June 9, 2022
Avian Influenza – the bird flu, in other words. We’ve all heard of it, but what do producers need to know? In Minnesota, data shows that the bird flu’s been detected in commercial, backyard and wild flocks of birds across…
May 12, 2022
