Water
U.S. Soy Farmers Employ Conservation Drainage as Sustainability Practice
Conservation drainage helps U.S. Soy farmers to increase yields, conserve water, and reduce nutrient loss, while cutting amounts of nitrates in drainage water. This video…
Water
Farmers Conserve Natural Resources
Linda Burrier discusses how her family farm's focus on nutrient management and conservation helps conserve water and wildlife.
Water
Wetlands: Nature’s Kidneys
Wetlands are part of a biologically diverse ecosystem that helps U.S. Soy farmers to improve water quality on agricultural lands. Working wetlands help to remove…
Water
U.S. Soy Farmers Say Less Water is used to Produce Today’s Crops
Nebraska soybean farmers explain how farmers today use less water to grow more. Today’s growers know that soils need a certain amount of water and…
Water
Bioreactors: Another Instrument in U.S. Soy Farmers’ Sustainability Toolkits
Wood-chip bioreactors work with tile drainage to help reduce the amount of nitrates in water leaving farms. Bacteria living in the wood chips convert nitrates…
Sustainability
Soy Sustainability: Managing Water Use and Quality
For soybean farmers, water management encompasses much more than droughts and floods that make headlines. “We only have a certain amount of fresh water available,”…