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"Take the Test & Beat the Pest" - Free SCN Soil Testing Available in 2021

“Take the Test & Beat the Pest” – Free SCN Soil Testing Available in 2021

As part of the SCN Coalition surveillance program, free SCN testing will be available to soybean growers in Williams, Fulton, Henry, and Hillsdale (MI) Counties again in 2021. Soybean cyst nematode (SCN), is the #1 yield-limiting soybean pathogen in the…

USDA Rolls Out Its Pandemic Assistance for Producers Initiative

USDA Rolls Out Its Pandemic Assistance for Producers Initiative

By:  Peggy Kirk Hall, Associate Professor, Agricultural & Resource Law We’re used to April showers in Ohio, but this year producers can also prepare for a showering of USDA pandemic assistance.  Secretary Vilsack just announced the new “USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers…

Freeze damage below the cotyledons. The soybean plant will not recover.

Good Idea? Bad Idea? Planting Corn and Soybean in Early April

By:  Laura Lindsey and Alex Lindsey Planting when conditions are adequate (soil temperatures above 50°F and greater than 45% plant available water content) is recommended for corn and soybean. This year, these conditions are occurring sooner than normal. At a…