Archive for the 'Soybean checkoff research' Category

Soybean Farmers Deliver Increased Profits
Monday, October 12th, 2009

Investments by soybean farmers into soybean research are paying off in a really BIG way. Scientists at Michigan State University reported that the economic threshold of 250 aphids/plant for managing soybean aphids, a threshold developed using soybean checkoff dollars, will save farmers $1.3 billion over a 15 year period. The information collected from the checkoff-funded [...]

Welcome to the Plant Health Initiative website
Monday, August 24th, 2009

Thank you for visiting the new Plant Health Initiative (PHI) website, home of the most recent soybean management information and checkoff-funded production research results.We recently redesigned this site to make it even easier for soybean growers to find: Agronomic information and recommendations covering everything from soil preparation, planting dates and seeding rates to managing for [...]