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Dan Bigham recently was among soybean producers honored as winners in the 2023 Asgrow National Yield Contest, said Jennifer Wilken, PR associate director for the St. Louis-based OBP Agency.
In 2012, Asgrow started its National Yield Contest for soybean producers. The contest winner produces the most soybeans and farmers nationwide have opportunity to learn more about the latest seed technologies and production practices. [7] In 2018, Bayer AG acquired Monsanto, and Asgrow became a brand of Bayer Crop Science. [8]
Farmland Industries was the largest agricultural cooperative in North America when it eventually sold all of its assets in 2002–04. During its 74-year history, Farmland served its farmer membership as a diversified, integrated organization, playing a significant role in agricultural markets both domestically and worldwide.
Between 1930 and 1942, the United States' share of world soybean production grew from 3% to 47%, and by 1969 it had risen to 76%. By 1973 soybeans were the United States' "number one cash crop, and leading export commodity, ahead of both wheat and corn". [8] Although soybeans developed as the top cash crop, corn also remains as an important ...
The soybean checkoff is a congressionally-mandated assessment on soybeans, whose proceeds are used to fund soybean research and promotion efforts. The checkoff is managed by the United Soybean Board under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service. In 2014, the checkoff was $109.1 million. [1]
A honey bee collecting nectar from an apricot flower.. The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degre
In his position with the Missouri Soybean Association in 1991, he expanded efforts to use soybean oil in industrial application such as a biodiesel as an alternative to petrodiesel. [3] Later that year, Johannes arranged the first commercial sale of soy diesel to exclusively fuel a 1991 Dodge truck, purchased by the Missouri Soybean Association.
State-record fish caught 15 minutes into Missouri brothers’ outing. ‘Extremely lucky’ Angler reels in flashy, record-breaking fish, Oklahoma officials say.