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March 26, 2013 3:30 pm
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by Linda Funk, Executive Director, The Soyfoods Council - The Soyfoods Council works with chefs around the country, and we thought it would be exciting to feature some of them. I am always so impressed with their creativity and their fresh...
By Policy Director Carol Balvanz - The Iowa Soybean Association’s (ISA) board of directors decided that raising Iowa’s fuel tax was their top legislative priority for the 2013 session. This decision mirrors past views, as some form of fuel tax...
As a life-long Chicago Cubs fan, I can appreciate the sense of optimism that farmers have as the calendar turns to another page. As we progress through March, farmers get anxious to get to work in their fields and the Cubs get ready to take the...
Tracy Blackmer, Ph.D.Director of ResearchIowa Soybean AssociationOn-Farm Network®That’s my prediction, and I’m sticking to it. We just can’t predict when or where or how. Farmers will always be interested in the weather. It is, after all, the major...
By Matthew Wilde - Soybeans didn’t thrive during the worst drought in decades, but the resilient legume fared better last year than other crops statewide.Timely rains and cooler temperatures in August during the critical pod set and fill period...
Weather uncertainty doesn’t change most of the usual crop production strategies, but if there’s nothing indicating an end to dry soils by planting time, you may want to consider cutting back on practices that are only marginally profitable.The real...
By Matthew Wilde - More and more Iowa farmers are installing their own drainage tile to save time and money, industry officials say. Dean Coleman, Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) District 2 Board member, says there’s no better time to dig in the dirt...
By Joe Murphy - Water has defined Jeff Zogg’s career. Floods – some devastating – along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers have kept him busy for months at a time. Today, Zogg’s focus is in dealing with the lack of water and the problems the...
By Heather Lilienthal - The cycle of crop farming doesn’t simply end after harvest. While farmers harvested what they could from their drought- and heat-stricken fields last year, the weather-related yield losses impacted the next step in the cycle...
February 1, 2012 1:00 am
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In humans, high blood pressure is often called the silent killer. Its visible signs are not apparent until it’s too late. And likewise for soybeans – they have their own silent killer, the soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Growers think they’re...
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