North America
Stillman Farm, Emmetsburg, Iowa
Jim Stillman - Emmetsburg, Iowa December 21, 2015 While we’re mostly finished with everything we wanted to take care of in the fields, we’re still hoping…
Growing Season Timeline: Haigwood Farm, Newport, Arkansas
Derek Haigwood - Newport, Arkansas December 18, 2015 This time of year, some of the organizations I’m involved in (United Soybean Board, U.S. Soybean Export Council)…
Iowa Farm Family Sustains Operation Over 100 Years
As this year’s soybean harvest draws to a close, one farm family is looking back on the last 100 years to plan for the next…
Introducing our 2015 Ground Work featured farmers
Once again, USSOY.org will be sharing first hand accounts from the fields as we follow six featured U.S. soy farmers for the duration of the growing…
Yields were record-high in certain parts of the state
Overall, the state of South Dakota had good soybean yields this year—some were actually record-high in certain parts of the state. But the yields in…
Finished this year with above average yields
We finished harvest this year with above average yields, as expected. The state of Mississippi actually has historically high yield averages. Everything on our farm…
Our harvest went really well
Now, that harvest is over, we’ve been cutting a little brush and working on taxes and getting things ready for the meeting season. Our harvest…
Harvest was a little challenging this year
Harvest was a little challenging this year because it started raining once harvest began. With the large crop we had this year, the elevator had…
Catching Up on Paperwork
Although I’m catching up on paperwork this week, the men on the farm are weaning, vaccinating and worming calves. We’ve also been working in the…
The best soybean yields that we’ve ever had
Harvest went great for us this year. We had the best corn and soybean yields that we’ve ever had. The prices were down a bit,…