2012
Best management practices to break the soybean yield barrier
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Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Nutrient managementSoil healthTillageYield trials
Lead Principal Investigator:
John Lawrence, Iowa State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Clarke McGrath, Iowa State University
Daren Mueller, Iowa State University
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Brief Project Summary:

This project involves a verification program that works directly with farmers interested in high yields. The specific objective of the project is to verify the impact of using current management recommendations from ISU compared to current practice on farms that have been identified as low yielding. The project involves Iowa State University Extension field agronomists working with 2-3 soybean farmers and the appropriate Corn and Soybean Initiative agribusiness partners to systematically apply best management practices to improve soybean yields and profitability. The project results will be developed into educational materials for soybean field guides, presentations, media articles and...

Unique Keywords:
#best management practices, #brown stem rot (bsr), #crop management systems, #soybean cyst nematode - management, #soybean educational activities, #soybean on-farm research, #soybean seed treatments, #soybean verification programs, #sudden death syndrome (sds)
Information And Results
Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.