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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

Check Combine Settings to Minimize Soybean Harvest Loss

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Growers should take extraordinary precautions this year to check…

Charcoal Rot Showing up in Drought Stressed Beans

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Phytophthora root rot is being blamed for much of the late season…

Stress on R6 Soybean

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I have logged many miles across Southern WI the past week and…

Sun Scald, White Mold, and Drought Stress

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A survey of our central, north central, and northern soybean…

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