New Social Media Project Encourages Farmers to Share How They Are #ProtectingWater

In an effort to promote the work that Ohio farmers are doing to protect water quality, Ohio Corn & Wheat and the Ohio Soybean Council are inviting all farmers to participate in a #ProtectingWater social media project. “It’s time to change the conversation about water in Ohio and really show… Read More

Verhoff Earns USB Fellowship Award

While The Ohio State University is most often noted for its football team, the United Soybean Board (USB) is much more interested in the team of researchers working in the lab to find solutions for Ohio farmers.   Stephanie Verhoff, a graduate student in the translational plant sciences PhD program… Read More

New Grant Focuses on Nutrient Management, Cleaner Lake Erie Water

Extension specialists with the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University will use more than $1 million in new funding to help farmers develop nutrient management plans and to assist fertilizer service providers gain certification in a national nutrient stewardship program. The initiative — funded… Read More

Have You Read The Most Recent Issue of Ohio Soybean News?

Dr. Andy Michel offered some great tips for managing pests in 2015: 1.  COLD WEATHER: The cold weather last winter did not necessarily knock out all soybean insects. Some, like soybean aphids, are quite capable of surviving outdoors as eggs or even indoors, like the brown marmorated stink bug. 2. … Read More

Late Summer is Time to Watch Insect Pressure

Cultivating a successful crop while relying so heavily on the whims of the weather is an amazing feat in itself. Unfortunately weather is only one of the variables faced by soybean farmers who plant millions of seeds in the ground each spring in hopes there will be no interference in… Read More

Soybean Research Maximizing Checkoff Doll

By Matt Reese, guest writer, Ohio’s Country Journal Though it may seem counterproductive for one researcher to breed soybeans and another researcher to kill them, it is exactly this unique synergy of efforts that is taking place to benefit the profitability of Ohio soybean growers. “I am a soybean breeder… Read More

Breeding Better Beans

To those who are unfamiliar, a soybean is simply a soybean. Although anyone involved in production or processing in the soybean industry knows there are numerous varieties with intricate differences. Unique qualities of each variety can often be attributed to researchers who do the tedious work of isolating the genes… Read More

Redefining Ideal Soil Fertility

In 1995 The Ohio State University, in collaboration with Michigan State University and Purdue University, published fertility recommendations for field crops in the tristate area. Over the last 20 years, a lot of things have changed; the fertility recommendations have not. The issue at hand is that farmers are working… Read More

Ohio Weed Management Strategies

By the time spring is in the air, a weed management plan should be decided and ready to put into action. However, issues that arise throughout the growing season may require some tweaks and a new plan for the next growing season. Mark Loux, a weed scientist at The Ohio… Read More