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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.

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

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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

Winners of the 2021 WI Soybean Contest are Announced

Division 4: 1st           Ron Digman, Mount Hope…

Best Management Practices for Growing Second or Third Year Soybean

Originally Coauthored by: Shawn P. Conley, Seth Naeve and John…

Finalists for the 2021 WI Soybean Yield Contest are Announced

The finalists for the 2021 WSA Soybean Yield Contest were announced…

Soybean Flowers, Herbicide Labels, and Wheel Track Damage...Oh My!

Authored by Shawn P. Conley and Rodrigo Werle We are starting…

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