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A Visual Guide To Soybean Growth Stages

Understanding and being able to correctly identify the growth stages of soybean is important for making sound agronomic management decisions.

This UW-Extension website offers the latest soybean research and information for growers.

The soy checkoff and Shawn Conley, state soybean extension specialist, created The Soybean Report blog to communicate research directly with growers.

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From the Blog

Soybean Irrigation during Reproductive Growth

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Early Season Soybean Irrigation

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Thoughts on Transitioning a Cover Crop into a Cash Grain Crop

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