May 14, 2018
By Chris Crawford • From Spring 2018 American Soybean Magazine New plant breeding techniques, which can include genome editing and epigenetic modifications, are being used to expand traditional plant breeding tools and introduce new ...
January 30, 2018
By Dan Lemke • From Winter 2018 American Soybean Magazine Dallas, Wis., farmer Andy Bensend’s hand was forced. A casualty of the grim 1980s farm economy, Bensend filed bankruptcy in 1986. While difficult, the decision allowed Bensend ...
By James C. Webster • From Winter 2018 American Soybean Magazine A year ago, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Outlook Forum, the department’s top commodity analysts said that market fundamentals favored soybeans ...
November 30, 2017
By Barb Baylor Anderson • From Fall 2017 American Soybean Magazine Farmers have as many questions as answers when it comes to cover crops. While this relative newcomer to conservation strategy is proving effective, it’s ...
By Patrick Delaney and Jessica Wharton • From Fall 2017 American Soybean Magazine Agricultural exports remain one of the brightest lights in the U.S. economy, expected to run a $23 billion surplus in 2017, creating ...
