2020
Technical Support of Soybean Specialist
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
DiseaseField management Pest
Parent Project:
Technical Support of Soybean Specialist
Lead Principal Investigator:
Angela McClure, University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
20-017-R
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
$19,800
Institution Funded:
University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
$19,800
Brief Project Summary:

This project provides support for a full-time research technician to assist specialists at a research farm and the area grain specialist. This technical support allows the extension soybean specialist to implement projects addressing current production concerns that are not grant funded by other sources.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents, researchers

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Grant funds supported the salary for Mr. Denton, with all funds used before December 31, 2020. Drew assisted with the planting and maintenance of replicated trials at the Research and Education centers (REC) as well as involvement in on-farm research. He was directly involved in several soybean research projects at the RECs including biomass management and planter attachments for successful planting into cover crops, maturity group evaluations, poultry litter application to soybean and an investigation of cover crops as part of the GoBeans project. Other highlights of the year are:
• Drew planted and maintained over 10 small plot studies, assisting with collection of over 1,500 pieces of data in replicated plots just at Jackson and Milan RECs.
• Drew provided training and guidance to two summer student interns
• Drew continued to maintain, utilize and haul plot demonstration equipment in a safe and effective manner.
• Current and previous technical support funding is gratefully acknowledged.

Final Project Results

Updated December 17, 2020:

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Grant funds provided partial salary support for technical support to the state soybean specialist, with all funds used before December 31, 2020. Mr. Andrew Denton, research technician, assisted with the planting and maintenance of replicated trials at the Research and Education centers (REC) as well as involvement in on-farm research. He was directly involved in several soybean research projects at the RECs including biomass management and planter attachments for successful planting into cover crops, maturity group evaluations, poultry litter application to soybean and an investigation of cover crops as part of the GoBeans (Extension on-farm) project. Drew planted and maintained multiple small plot and on-farm studies, assisting with collection of over 1,500 pieces of data in replicated plots at university research and education centers in Jackson and Milan, TN. Drew provided training and guidance to two summer student interns and continued to maintain, utilize and haul plot demonstration equipment in a safe and effective manner.

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.