AMES, Iowa – Over the typical two-year rotation of corn and soybeans most Iowa farmers use, 40% of nitrous oxide emissions are in the soybean year, according to a new study by an Iowa State University ...

Planting soybeans early continues to gain in popularity due to the yield-boosting potential of faster canopy closure, increased plant nodes, higher pod retention and more. However, risks do exist.

The 2025 growing season is presenting challenges with precipitation levels significantly below both last year’s levels and the norm. This sustained dryness is impacting major corn- and soybean-growing ...

The EPA has announced three over-the-top dicamba products can be used in the 2026 and 2027 growing seasons. But legal challenges over the products' use persist.

In efforts to better understand how soybean plants capture and use light, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign investigated how leaf size and shape affect light distribution ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tyler Stafslien shows off his soybeans at his Ryder, North Dakota farm on Nov. 14, 2025. A bushel of these beans were selling for ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Ryan Knutson: Scott Dierickx is a sixth-generation family farmer in Iowa. One of ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — There are a lot of research projects happening at South Dakota State University in conjunction with South Dakota Soybean. David Clay, distinguished professor of soil biogeochemistry ...

Hafiz Mamoon Rehman, born in a small village in Pakistan's Punjab province, grew up surrounded by golden wheat and cotton as white as snow. Unlike the generations before him who toiled the land, he ...