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Recommendations for planting soybeans after soybeans
Published on March 2, 2022
Make sure the benefits of planting second-year soybeans exceed the risks and manage the increased risk with proven practices. -
Consider conducting an on-farm soybean research trial in 2022
Published on March 2, 2022
Producers can learn new information about how new products, management practices and equipment perform on their farms by conducting replicated research trials. -
Upper Peninsula project monitors water conditions on clay soils
Published on February 11, 2022
Using high-tech monitoring equipment, MSU Extension worked with local farmers in 2021 to explore effectiveness of innovative approaches to improving soil drainage on challenging clay soils. -
Drying and storing wet soybeans
Published on October 28, 2021
Careful management when drying and storing soybeans is essential to maximizing farm income. -
Avoid significant yield loss in soybeans by sampling for soybean cyst nematode
Published on October 20, 2021
Fall is the time to collect soil samples for soybean cyst nematodes to plan for 2022. -
Recommendations for harvesting lodged soybeans
Published on September 16, 2021
Specific recommendations for reducing losses and improving efficiency when harvesting lodged soybeans. -
Southwest Michigan field crops update – Sept. 16, 2021
Published on September 16, 2021
Warm and dry conditions continue to aid in grain dry-down and push later planted fields toward maturity. Corn and soybean harvest has begun in early planted and early maturity fields. -
Harvest considerations for overly dry soybeans
Published on September 16, 2021
Should producers harvest overly dry soybeans or wait for rain to increase moisture levels? -
Southwest Michigan field crops update – Sept. 9, 2021
Published on September 9, 2021
Corn and soybean in many fields are approaching physiological maturity. Upcoming warm weather will accelerate crop progress, resulting in an early harvest season this year. -
End of season irrigation decisions
Published on September 2, 2021
Early September rains often make late season irrigation decisions easy, but not always.