The goal of this project is to develop site-specific practices that sustain profitability for Virginia soybean farmers. Specific objectives are to develop and test site-specific soybean seeding rate recommendations, investigate environmental influences (temperature, daylength, soil moisture, etc.) on the interaction of soybean planting date and relative maturity, establish and maintain a long-term soybean rotation experiment that compares crop yields, profitability, and environmental impacts, identify yield and economic response in soybean to foliar micronutrient fertilizer applications, ensure that popular soybean varieties are included in the Official Variety Tests and to collaborate with others.
Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents