We develop more than 20,000 new lines each year over all breeding objectives, and those are evaluated and selected through multiple stages and years of testing. Major objectives include improved yield and compositional quality, and improved tolerance to stresses including IDC, drought, and multiple disease and insect pests. Germplasm from our breeding program consistently ranks at the top of the USDA regional performance trials that are conducted throughout the north central region in collaboration with other university and USDA programs. New soybean cultivars are available to soybean producers, and are also used as parents in breeding programs at other USDA, university, and commercial programs...