Making Data-Driven Decisions on Soybean Inoculation
April 6, 2017
Farmers, agronomists, and researchers provide three steps to deciding whether to inoculate soybeans this spring.
USDA: US and Nebraska Grain Stock Report as of March 1, 2017
March 31, 2017
Compared with March 1, 2016 Nebraska grain stocks in major categories were all up: corn, 5%; soybean, 17%; wheat, 45%; and sorghum 27%.
US & Nebraska Prospective Plantings: Record Soybean Acreage
March 31, 2017
At 89.5 million projected acres, the 2017 US soybean acreage would set a record high and near the planting estimate for corn at 90 million acres, according to the March 31 USDA Prospective Plantings Report. In Nebraska soybean acres were also up (5.7 million acres) while corn dropped to 9.55 million acres.
10 Years of Research Shows Benefit of Reducing Soybean Seeding Rates
March 30, 2017
A review of 10 years of soybean research shows that reducing your seeding rate from 150,000 to 120,000 seeds/acre can result in a $10.69/acre savings without affecting yield (assuming a $60/unit seed cost at 140,000 seeds/unit).
New Soybean Herbicides for 2017
March 6, 2017
Information on new soybean herbicides, incuding their modes of action
Projected Corn and Soybean Prices for 2017 Crop Insurance
March 3, 2017
Corn and soybean projected prices for the 2017 crop insurance year were recently released by the Risk Management Agency (RMA). The projected price for corn is $3.96 while the price for soybean is $10.19.
Improving Soybean Profitability: SCN
March 3, 2017
The easiest and least expensive way to improve profitability for many soybean growers in tight economic times, or any time, is to sample fields for soybean cyst nematodes (SCN). In Nebraska trials growers realized an average six-bushel-per-acre soybean yield increase after taking no-cost steps to manage SCN.
Rotation Impact on Irrigated Corn and Soybean Yields in Nebraska
February 23, 2017
On most Nebraska rainfed farms, soybean and corn are usually rotated. On irrigated fields, however, the rotation sequence tends to shift to more years of corn between soybean, and in some cases, corn is grown continuously, year-after-year.