Plant Health Initiative

 

North Central Soybean Research Program

Trevor Glick, current president of the NCSRP Board of Directors. The NCSRP coordinates regional research efforts on soybean pests and diseases, and facilitates information transfer to Midwest soybean growers. Visit our program website at NCSRP.com

The North Central Soybean Research Program (NCSRP) was established in 1992 by state checkoff organizations in the North Central states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

We are a farmer-led organization that invests soybean checkoff funds in research programs to better understand and manage plant stressors that reduce soybean yield and farmer profitability.

The mission of the NCSRP is to maximize producer returns by coordinating research efforts across state boundaries, minimizing regional duplication of research expenditures, and assuring regional research projects are targeted at problems of the North Central soybean producer.

 

NCSRP-funded Research

The NCSRP Board of Directors approved 11 research projects for funding in fiscal year 2013. Several of the projects are being jointly funded by the United Soybean Board and state checkoff boards. Read about the projects for 2013 on NCSRP.com

 

NCSRP Education and Outreach

To increase grower awareness of solutions for disease and insect problems, NCSRP also funds education and outreach projects that makes the information gained from checkoff-funded research readily available to soybean producers.

In particular, our soybean Plant Health Initiative project provides

• this website, to serve as a regional platform for a common information base on soybean pests and diseases, provided by the university research and Extension programs of all 12 NCSRP partner states,
• educational materials that will help soybean growers better manage soybean diseases and pests, including free publications detailing the latest research from NCSRP-funded scientists, and
• sponsorship of conferences and workshops that highlight soybean disease research.

 

Participating State Soybean Checkoff Associations
Illinois Soybean Association	Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
IndianaSoybean Alliance	Nebraska Soybean Board
Iowa Soybean Association	North Dakota Soybean Council
Kansas Soybean Commission	Ohio Soybean Council
Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee	South Dakota Soybean Research and Production Council
Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council	Wisconsin Soybean Association

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NCSRP 2013 Board of Directors

Trevor Glick, President Columbus, IN	Gene Stoel, Vice-President Lake Wilson, MN	Mike Cerny, Secretary-Treasurer Walworth, WI
Gary Alpers Passed away August 2013 Prairie Home, MO	Craig Converse Brookings, SD	Ed Cagney Scotts, MI
Scott Houck Strang, NE	Cliff Mulder Pella, IA	Ron Ohlde Palmer, KA
Jered Hooker Clinton, IL	Steve Reinhard Bucyrus, OH	Tyler Speich Milnor, ND