2016
Soyrisk: A decision tool to analyze risk and return to soybean maturity group and planting date choices in the Mid-South
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Mid-South Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
ExtensionIndustry outreach
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Larry C Purcell, University of Arkansas
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
MSSB
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Mid-South Soybean Board
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Arkansas
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Develop a Soyrisk tool that determines risk, water use and yield implications if producers are planting at a non-ideal time.

Unique Keywords:
#education, #soyrisk, tools, web, data
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

User manual, video, email update service, Farm Publications, Crop Forage, and Turfgrass Management Journal, and speaking engagements to promote the webtool. Webtool provides the producer with returns, risk, water use management data when forced to plant at a un-ideal date or to change maturity. https://agribusiness.uark.edu/decision-support-software.php

Final Project Results

A user guide for SOYRISK and the SOYRISK software became available, January 26, 2017 online at: http://agribusiness.uark.edu/decision-support-software.php.

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.