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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

Early Season Soybean Diseases

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As I stare out my window, watching rain fall, I write this short…

Aphid Numbers in Wheat are Low

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Spring aphid treatments were applied to our Barley Yellow Dwarf…

Scouting for Wheat Diseases

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Winter wheat in much of Wisconsin is around the jointing stage.…

Wheat Stands at Chilton and Lancaster

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On Monday April 21st we assessed winter injury at our Chilton…

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