2020
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:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Peter Scharf, University of Missouri
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
435-20
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
$25,000
Institution Funded:
University of Missouri
$25,000
Brief Project Summary:

We do not have the answer for how to protect soil after soybean without hurting corn. We need to find it, quick.

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

We need to try a lot of approaches quickly. Small plots are the best way to do that. After gathering ideas from farmers, we’ll test those ideas in small plots, then work to take the best performers to the farm.

1. Use of a farmer board to choose treatments for small-plot experiments. This collects the ideas from people who are thinking about the problem and who know which solutions could be practical and which could not.
2. Testing 20 to 30 approaches. Most cover crop experiments have used no more than 6 to 10 approaches.
3. Opening the door to a range of both cover crop species and management approaches (for the cover crop and for the following corn).
4. Evaluating soil protection level.

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.