Crop Management

Early in the growing season, soybean plant poplulations may be reduced by a number of factors. This photo shows hail-damaged soybean.

Low soybean plant population: Is replanting necessary?

February 2, 2026

University of Tennessee researchers found that interseeding warm-season forages—especially crabgrass—into tall fescue can help overcome the “summer slump” by maintaining forage production when cool-season grasses slow down.

Beating the ‘summer slump’: Interseeding warm-season forages boosts tall fescue yields

January 12, 2026

AI-generated image courtesy of Google Gemini.

Seeds of innovation

October 24, 2025

Photo courtesy of the United Soybean Board. CC BY 2.0.

Strategic planting decisions for soybean success

October 7, 2025

Photo courtesy of the United Soybean Board.

Relay-intercropping soybean and winter wheat in Wisconsin

October 2, 2025

Photo courtesy of Flickr/cheeses. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Planting date and seeding rate impacted hybrid winter rye grain yield across U.S. regions

September 17, 2025

Example of green stem on fully developed soybean plants.

Understanding green stem in soybeans

August 29, 2025

Giant miscanthus is a perennial warm-season grass that is grown as a biomass crop. By Year 2 (shown here), it typically produces 6 tons of biomass per acre. By Year 3, it can grow up to 12 ft tall and produce 10 to 15 tons of biomass per acre.

Giant miscanthus shows promise as an alternative crop for marginal land

June 26, 2025

Photo by Derek Penner.

Improving soybean yield in Wisconsin

April 7, 2025

The soybean-breeding program at the University of Missouri Fisher Delta Research, Extension & Education Center is dedicated to developing high-yielding, resilient varieties to support farmers in the U.S. Mid-South. Photo by Kyle Spradley | © 2014 - Curators of the University of Missouri. Published under this license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/

Developing high-yielding and stress-resilient soybean varieties

February 28, 2025

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