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Is it time to plant soybeans?

Like corn, soybean planting has had an unusually early start in Illinois this year, with some of the crop planted before April 1 and 5% planted by April 22. Was this early planting advisable?

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May 17, 2012

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Pioneer soybeans to be sold by seed counts, not weight

Soybean seed from Pioneer Hi-Bred will be sold by seed count and not by weight for the 2013 planting season. This is a major change for the company that has sold soybean seed by weight. In the future, a unit will be 140,000 soybean seeds instead of 50 lbs. of seed in a unit....More
Apr. 26, 2012

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Is it time to plant soybeans?

Like corn, soybean planting has had an unusually early start in Illinois this year, with some of the crop planted before April 1 and 5% planted by April 22. Was this early planting advisable? ...More
Apr. 26, 2012

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Soybean row spacing: wide or narrow?

Average row spacing in Illinois soybean fields has increased over the past decade after narrowing for several decades before that, according to University of Illinois crop sciences professor Emerson Nafziger. This increase resulted from drilled soybeans – those with rows less than 10 in. apart – losing ground to 30-in. rows, which now occupy nearly 1/3 of the soybean acres. Just over 50 percent of Illinois soybean fields remain in 15-in. rows. ...More
Feb. 23, 2012

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Gallery: Dinner featuring Pioneer Plenish soybean oil

At an event held at the Pioneer facilities and research laboratories in Johnston, Iowa, Feb. 21 and 22, editors were invited to a dinner featuring Pioneer Hi-Bred’s new high-oleic soybean oil called Plenish. The product is expected to hit the market this year, pending regulatory approvals. Plenish will be Pioneer’s first biotech soybean product to offer benefits to farmers, the food industry and consumers. The soybeans contain more than 75% oleic content, the highest of any soy product to provide high heat stability for frying.
Jan. 19, 2012

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Tool helps show U.S. soy’s sustainability 

U.S. soybean farmers now have an updated tool that can meet the needs of some customers who want proof U.S. soy has been sustainably produced. That’s why the soybean checkoff continues to support the Field to Market alliance and its updated Fieldprint Calculator, a tool U.S. soybean farmers can use to help measure, improve and demonstrate their sustainability performance....More
Nov. 22, 2011

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DuPont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred, Evogene to develop rust-resistant soybean varieties

DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred will work with Evogene for the search and development of rust-resistant soybean varieties. Soybean rust is one of the most devastating fungal diseases of soybeans in the world....More
Oct. 18, 2011

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Soybean harvest speeds ahead in Grundy County, Iowa

Photojournalist and soybean producer Harlen Persinger records some of his neighbors bringing in the 2011 soybean crop.
Oct. 18, 2011

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Pioneer, ADM partner for large production of Plenish soybeans

Pioneer has announced a partnership with ADM for the production of Plenish high-oleic soybean oil....More
Oct. 3, 2011

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Largest farmer-owned Canadian cooperative

In Canada, the most important agricultural cooperatives historically were wheat pools. These farmer-owned cooperatives bought and transported grain throughout the western provinces. By the 1990s most had privatized and several had merged.
Sep. 20, 2011

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Bayer CropScience to focus heavily on soybeans, wheat

Bayer CropScience is taking a strong position in building its soybean and wheat portfolio, which the company says will mean a broad array of products available to U.S. producers....More

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