Grain storability depends on grain quality, moisture content and temperature.
Soybeans
With few exceptions, all crops show positive returns to labor and management in all regions of North Dakota where the projections were made.
Warm, dry weather can result in soybeans being too dry at harvest.
The key to soybean management is to minimize plant stress during the R4 to R6 growth stages.
Six site-years of data have been generated from trial locations at Carrington and Prosper.
Check whether stored grain needs to be dried this spring.
Mold and insects can be problems for stored grain during the summer.
There was a large difference in profit by farm type.
Regardless if the variety is Roundup Ready or conventional, it is important to use high-quality seed with good germination.
NDSU’s grain-drying expert offers spring drying advice.
Moisture content, temperature and quality will affect stored grain.
One way to evaluate the tolerance of a variety to IDC is to use visual ratings at the early vegetative and flowering stages.
NDSU Extension Service faculty and staff will discuss soybean research and 2010 production.
Crop prices are down from the highs of 2007 and 2008 but are still strong when viewed in a longer historical perspective.
Farmers with chlorosis problems should not be too fast to ""jump on the bandwagon"" regarding new genetic traits.
NDSU’s grain-drying expert offers tips on drying and storing soybeans.
Ashtabula has a high yield that is very competitive with private company Roundup Ready cultivars.
It was just a matter of time before deficiencies began to show up somewhere in the state.
Phytophthora root and stem rot can be a major cause of soybean yield loss.
The 2009 crop profit projections are better than expected and are favorable when viewed in a longer historical context.
These soybean educational events can help producers with production decisions.
NDSU grades soybean varieties for iron deficiency chlorosis.
The economic threshold for soybean aphids in the upper Midwest is 250 per plant in 80 percent of a field.
Cavalier, a nontransgenic soybean, is expected to replace acreage of Jim and Traill.
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