“The soil is alive; in one teaspoon of healthy ... “In that soybean year, you can drill your soybeans or plant your soybeans green and then let the rye keep growing,” Hora says.

converting atmospheric nitrogen into a form that plants can use. Growing soybeans is a great way to enhance soil health and fertility. After harvesting the beans, you can leave the roots in the ...

Unfertilized soybean fields with lower soil fertility should be planted earlier than high-fertility fields, according to a ...

This research not only brings new hope for sustainable agricultural production but also lays a strong scientific foundation ...

In the future, Takeyama hopes that the atlas will guide farmers toward microbial supplements and soil improvements that enhance communities of microbes beneficial to plant growth. “And soybeans ...

URBANA, Ill. — A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year ...

A long-term study has studied the effects of double-cropped soybeans and cover crops on a fairly common cropping system on ...

Soybean Best Practices Plant soybeans when the soil temperature reaches a minimum of 55°F at a depth of around 1 to 1.75 inches and no deeper than 2.5 inches. Planting soybeans too deep wastes ...

A field agronomist in eastern Missouri says farmers should be monitoring soybeans for red crown rot, a new soil-borne fungal disease in the state. “About the time you’re spraying fungicide is probably ...

If corn was ever jealous of soybean’s relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day ...