Ground Work

2020 Ground Work: Gradual Start to Growing Season in Minnesota

Jamie Beyer|Jun 8, 2020

Minnesota soybean farmer Jamie Beyer shares a 2020 Ground Work update, focusing on crop scouting, haylage, water quality projects and honeybees.

Ground Work

2020 Ground Work: Soil and Water Management in Arkansas

Brad Doyle|May 16, 2020

Arkansas soybean farmer Brad Doyle shares a 2020 Ground Work update on planting for his farm and Eagles Seed Company, including soil and water management.

Ground Work

Ground Work: Planting and Soybean Breeding in Arkansas

Brad Doyle|Apr 18, 2020

For the past month, it has rained almost every third day in our area of Arkansas, in the south-central U.S. That has been just enough…

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2020 Ground Work: Spring Preparation in Minnesota

Jamie Beyer|Apr 13, 2020

Minnesota soybean farmer Jamie Beyer shares a 2020 Ground Work update on planting preparation on her farm, focusing on fertilizing, rolling fields and crop planting…

Sustainability

2020 Ground Work: Meet Brad Doyle

USSEC Staff Writer|Feb 24, 2020

Throughout the 2020 growing season, USSOY.org will provide regular Ground Work updates from several U.S. soybean farmers around the country. Learn about their farms and…

Infrastructure

U.S. Rivers and Ports Receive Large Increase in Funding

Alan Barrett|Jan 22, 2020

The Gulf of Mexico and coastal ports are the ultimate location for U.S. imports and exports, and so those locations will consume dredging dollars reserved…

Sustainability

Six Basics to Protect Water and Improve Soil

Delaware Soybean Board|Jan 12, 2020

U.S. soybean farmers adopt management practices to continuously improve sustainability. A Delaware farmer, from the U.S. east coast, describes basic practices that protect water quality…

Infrastructure

Olmsted Lock and Dam Plans Proceeding

Alan Barrett|Jan 7, 2020

Well-functioning waterways are crucial to U.S. infrastructure and the timely, reliable delivery of U.S. soybeans. For the Olmsted Lock and Dam project, the next steps…

Infrastructure

Rail Raised Tariffs

Alan Barrett|Jan 2, 2020

The theory often floated by opponents of investing in the Inland Mississippi River System is that barge volume can easily be shifted to rail.  In…

Sustainability

Saturated Buffer Design Research Improves Water Quality

Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council|Dec 28, 2019

U.S. soybean farmers continuously investigate ways to improve their sustainability. In tiled fields, saturated buffers are one management practice that prevents nutrient loss as excess…