This project aims to identify stable trends in weather conditions that are linked to soybean yield and environmental outcomes. This weather knowledge can inform adjustments to existing practices and prioritize new practices that could enhance soybean yield, environmental stewardship and farm profitability. The goal of the project is to help famers make improved weather-informed, field-level decisions. It aims to identify linkages between weather and management practices at the field level for soybean production and trends in production relevant weather indices, develop understanding of how weather impacts the effectiveness of cover crops for nitrogen reduction and develop two-way dialogue between climatologists and the soybean industry and farmers. Business management tools will help.Key Benefactors: farmers, agronomists, Extension agents
The deliverables of this research will include one or more reports describing field-level production-relevant weather factors and their change over time, research presentations to ISA farmers, and a data product tool.
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.