Family farms
2020 Ground Work: Managing Weeds and Winds in Minnesota
Minnesota soybean farmer Jamie Beyer shares a 2020 Ground Work update, focusing on weed control during unusually windy weather.
No till
Cropping System Inventory Shows Increase in No-Till Acres on U.S. Soybean Farms
South Dakota Soybean describes how farmers adapted to the wettest year on record with a significant increase in no-till acres.
Family farms
Constant Change
Weather, Technology and Economics Drive Need to Adapt It doesn’t take a historian to see that farming today is different than it was a generation…
Harvest
U.S. Soybean Harvest Surpasses Halfway Mark
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) weekly Crop Progress report estimated that 62% of the 2019 U.S. soybean crop had been harvested as of October…
Marketplace
India Poised for Lower Oilseed Output in 2019/20
India’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) attaché office issued its Oilseeds and Products Update at the end of August. In the report, the Post trimmed its…
Planting
U.S. Farmers Report First Progress in Seeding 2019 U.S. Soybean Crop
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued the update for the seeding of the 2019 campaign. As of April 21,…