2015
Effects of the Introduction of Feed Grains into Mid-South Soybean Production Systems (Year 2 of 1420-732-7231)
Contributor/Checkoff:
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
(none assigned)
Lead Principal Investigator:
Bobby Golden, Louisiana State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Larry Faconer, (not specified)
William Gene Stevens, (not specified)
Clark B Neely, (not specified)
Josh Lofton, Louisiana State University
J Trenton Irby, Mississippi State University
Travis Miller, Texas A&M University
Ronnie Schnell, Texas A&M University
Jeremy Ross, University of Arkansas
+7 More
Project Code:
1420-732-7231
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Brief Project Summary:

Unique Keywords:
#crop management systems, #other checkoff-funded studies, #soybean production management systems
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

• Determine the optimum agronomic rotation for sustainable Mid-South soybean production.
• Build an economic database to describe the risk associated with each soybean rotation system commonly used in the Mid-South
• Define the influence of feed grain residue management on succeeding soybean yield and pest pressures.

Final Project Results

Fundamental production questions that all farmers face include what crop to plant. In recent years mid-south producers have enjoyed great commodity prices that have led to crop selection decisions that were market driven. This has led to an increased number of acres throughout the mid-south that was historically cotton ground to be planted to corn. Many of these producers have also increased their soybean acreage and are now growing soybean in rotation with corn on light textured soils rather than in a monoculture on fine textured soils. Little is known about the economic and sustainable benefit of feed grain and soybean rotation in the mid-south. A thorough understanding of the shifting dynamics of the large scale integration of soybean based rotation systems with corn in the Mid-South is needed. The research conducted in this project addresses this real world situation we are currently facing and will provide producers with the necessary information to make well informed rotation crop selection decisions based upon data generated close to their operation origin.

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.