2022
Protecting Soil after Soybean
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Nutrient managementSoil healthTillageYield trials
Parent Project:
Protecting Soil after Soybean
Lead Principal Investigator:
Peter Scharf, University of Missouri
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
435-22
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
$25,000
Institution Funded:
University of Missouri
$25,000
Brief Project Summary:

Continue testing the best ideas from the farmer board for protecting soil after soybean on the University of Missouri research farm. We will evaluate how well they protect soil, along with how they affect yield of a following corn crop.

This project focuses on solutions to soil erosion after soybean that have been identified by a farmer board as the most promising ways to solve the problem. It includes a range of cover crop species, a range of cover crop management practices (including planting rate, planting pattern, and kill date), and nitrogen management practices for corn. These systems move beyond the approaches that I have previously tried, and also beyond what other Missouri researchers...

Unique Keywords:
#crop management, #crop management systems, #sustainability
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

1. Short list of approaches that best met the objective of protecting soil after soybean without reducing corn yield

2. Work with the “MU Certified” strip trial program to move this short list of approaches into their full-scale on-farm tests

3. Educational program (newsletter articles, farm press, presentations) to communicate the impact of erosion in Missouri
and the best strategies to combat erosion after soybean

Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.