Sustainability

Ground Work 2022: Soyfood Beans Maturing Well in Minnesota

Keith Schrader|Sep 14, 2022

Our soyfood beans, commodity soybeans and corn continue to look pretty good, considering the growing season we experienced in our area of Minnesota, in the…

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Ground Work 2022: North Carolina Soybeans Maintain Yield Potential Despite Drought

Reggie Strickland|Sep 13, 2022

2022 has continued to be the driest year I’ve seen in my 35 years of farming in my part of the U.S. Southeast. We received…

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Ground Work 2022: Hot, Dry Mississippi Weather Stresses Catfish and Crops

Philip Good|Jul 9, 2022

Our cool, stormy early spring has been followed by a stretch of dry weather in our area of the U.S. South. We have received limited…

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Ground Work 2021: Meet Alabama Farmer Wendy Yeager

USSEC Staff Writer|Feb 19, 2021

Wendy Yeager grows soybeans, cotton, peanuts, grain sorghum and winter wheat on her central Alabama farm. She will share Ground Work 2021 updates on USSOY.org…

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Ground Work 2021: Meet New York Farmer Ralph Lott

USSEC Staff Writer|Feb 16, 2021

Ralph Lott farms with his wife and two sons in New York State. He will share Ground Work 2021 updates on USSOY.org throughout the growing…

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2020 Ground Work: Managing Cover Crops in Ohio

Bill Bayliss|Apr 17, 2020

Ohio soybean farmer Bill Bayliss shares a 2020 Ground Work update on planting preparation for his farm focusing on the decision about how to manage…

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2020 Ground Work: Waiting for Spring in Indiana

Tom Griffiths|Apr 9, 2020

Indiana soybean farmer Tom Griffiths shares a 2020 Ground Work update on waiting for field conditions to allow for planting on his farm, focusing on…