Soybeans

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What is New in Soybeans

• Checklist For High Yielding Soybeans, March 2009
• The Art of Interpreting Field Trials…or, Can Good Data Lead to Bad Results? March 2009
• Valtera - A New Herbicide For Identity Preserved (IP) Soybeans, March 2009
• 2009 Field Crop Budgets (Publication 60)
  • 2009 Crop Comparison Summary Table for Selected Field Crops ($/acre)
• 2009 Report of the Ontario Soybean Variety Trials ( PDF )
  

General

• Agronomy Guide, Publication 811, Order this publication
• Checklist For High Yielding Soybeans, March 2009
• Comparing Bio-oils for Use as Biodiesel Fuel, Oct 2006
• Cover Crops
• Crop Heat Units for Corn & Other Warm Season Crops in Ontario (Order No. 93-119)
• Field Crop Production, Best Management Practices (Order No. BMP02) Order this publication
• Field Crop Protection Guide (Publication 812)
  • Field Crop Protection Guide Supplement 2008 (Publication 812S)
• Field Scouting
• Is the Emerging Bioeconomy Part of Your Future? Nov 2006
• Keeping Good Spray Records, May 2007
• Minimizing Soybean Inputs! March 2005
• Organic Soybeans, March 2006
  • Farming Organically, March 2009
  • Looking for a Change? Consider Organic, March 2005
  • Introduction to Organic Farming (Order No. 06-103)
• Planning a Crop Rotation, June 2006
• Weather Weenies We Are! June 2006

  Budgeting, Marketing, and Crop Uses

  • 2009 Field Crop Budgets (Publication 60)
    • 2009 Crop Comparison Summary Table for Selected Field Crops ($/acre)
  • CAIS - Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization Program
  • Guide To Custom Farmwork and Short-Term Equipment Rental
  • Ontario Enterprise Budgets 2007
    • Soybeans (xls) (html)
    • Soybeans - No-Till (xls) (html)
    • Soybeans - Roundup Ready (xls) (html)
    • Organic Soybeans ( xls ) ( html )
  • Marketing Mayhem
  • Ontario Field Crops Statistics
  • IP Soys Checklist! Jan 2002
  • Organic Field Crops in 2008, March 2008

   

  Planting

  • 2004 Soybean Seed Quality Update, March 2004
  • Crop Rotation - The Key to Organic Farming, November 2002
  • Cut Soybean Seeding Rates with Caution, May 2006
  • Double Cropping Soybeans , July 2008
  • Inoculation
  • Ontario Seed Laboratories Accredited by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Planting and Crop Development
  • Reduced Germination and Vigour of Green Beans, Jan 2003
  • Replant Decisions
  • Re-Thinking Soybean Row Widths, March 2005
  • Rolling Soybean Fields and Soybean Replant Decisions, June 2005
  • Seeding Rates and Planting Depth
  • Soybean Nodulation, July 2007
  • Thickening Thin Soybean Stands, May 2006

   

  Early Season Development

  • Cold Temperatures Delay Nodulation and Reduce Nitrogen Fixation, Sept 2009
  • Do Soil Temperatues at Planting Impact Soybean Yield? Sept 2003
  • Growth & Reproductive Stages of Soybeans
  • Evaluating Soybean Emergence, June 2007
  • Field Scouting Tips, June 2007
  • Soybean Development
  • Time for Field Detective Work, July 2005
    
    

  Mid Season Growth and Development

  • Other Problems
  • Hail Damage on Soybeans and Corn , June 2008
  • Moisture Stress in Soybeans, July 2007
  • Yellow Flash in Soybeans, June 2006
  • Yellow Soybeans - Is It Mn Deficiency??? June 2006

  Late Season Growth and Development

  • Green Soybeans, November 2002

   

  Tillage

  • Improving Continuous Soybeans, Sept 2006
  • No-Till: Making it Work (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP11) Order this publication
  • Planter Modifications for No-Till (Order No. 90-159)
  • Soil Compaction Management: Trying to Get Specific, Jan 2003
  • Soil Management
  • Soil Management, Best Management Practices (Order No. BMP06) Order this publication
  • Soil Compaction, Sept 2006
  • The Threat of Deep Compaction Nov 2001
  • Tillage Options
  • Tracking Down The Solution To Soil Compaction, Dec 2004

   

  Varieties

  • 2009 Report of the Ontario Soybean Variety Trials ( PDF )
    • Ontario Variety Trials
      • Ontario Soybean Variety Trials (Roundup Ready and Conventional)
      • SCN Performance Trials
      • Food Grade Performance Trials
      • White Mould Tests
    • Variety Information & Performance Profile
      • Search for soybean varieties
        with specific traits
      • Get detailed agronomic data
        about registered varieties
      • Make head to head comparisons
        of varieties within a test
  • 2008 Soybean Yields, Nov 2008
  • Conducting On-Farm Trials? March 2004
  • Soybean Variety Information & Performance Profile
  • The Art of Interpreting Field Trials…or, Can Good Data Lead to Bad Results? March 2009
  • Variety Selection
  • What About Yield Drag on Roundup Ready Soybean? March 2003

  Harvest

  • Are Your Grain Bins Ready for Winter? Jan 2002
  • Combine Cleaning Procedure, Sept 2008
  • Grain All Cozy by Christmas November 2004
  • Green Soybean Seed
  • Harvest and Storage
  • Approximate Test Weights and Moisture Contents for Trade of Commercial Grains
  • Measuring Soybean Harvesting Losses (Order No. 81-018) Order this factsheet
  • Soybeans as a Forage Crop
  • Soybean Harvest Considerations, September 2004
  • Strategies to Minimize Risks of GMO Contamination, June 2004
  • Storing Grain in Bins

     

    Fertility

  • Available Nutrients for Manure from Various Livestock Types Nov 2005
  • Don’t Guess…..Soil Test! Sept 2005
  • Interpretation of Plant Analysis for Soybeans, June 2007
  • Marking the Most of Potash Applications, March 2005
  • Manure Applications Compared, Dec 2006
  • Manganese Deficiency, July 2007
    • Yellow Soybeans - Is It Mn Deficiency??? June 2006
  • OMAFRA Fertilizer Recommendation Tables
  • Plan Your Fertilizer Program! Nov 2001
  • Plant Analysis in Today's Agriculture, July 2006
  • Potash Deficiency in Soybeans, Sept 2007
  • Soil Fertility Handbook (Publication 611)
  • Soil Fertility and Nutrient Use
  • Soil Testing Myths, Sept 2008
  • The Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) Soil Testing and Fertilizer Recommendation System In Ontario (Order No. 97-005)
  • Weed Seeds & Manure, Nov 2006

    Diseases

  • Disease Factsheets & Infosheets
  • DNA Multiscan - New Diagnostic Test for Multiple Pathogens, July 2007
  • Integrated Pest Management Options: Soybeans
  • Minor Use Program
  • Pesticide Information
  • Scouting Calendar
  • Shifting Plant Resources Lead to More Diseases, Aug 2005

    Seedling Diseases

    • Seed Rots and Seedling Blights
    • Soybean Fungicide and Insecticide Seed Treatments, March 2008

       

    Root Diseases

  • Phytophthora Root Rot
  • Rhizoctonia Root Rot

    Leaf and Stem Diseases

  • Bean Pod Mottle Virus
  • Brown Stem Rot, Stem Canker and Sudden Death Syndrome
    • Sudden Death Syndrome in Soybeans? August 2008
  • Early Season Diseases in Soybean, June 2008
  • Foliar Fungicides on Soybeans, June 2007
  • Powdery Mildew and Downy Mildew
  • Septoria Brown Spot in Soybeans, June 2006

  • Soybean Mosaic Virus

    Soybean Rust

    • Soybean Rust Spores Found in Ontario , July 2008
    • Soybean Rust Confirmed in Ontario
      • Soybean Rust Confirmed Backgrounder
      • Soybean Rust Infosheet, November 2004
      • What Fungicides are Available for Soybean Rust in 2006, June 2006
      • "Soybean Rust-Like Spores" Detected in Texas. What Does it Mean? June 2006
      • USDA Soybean Rust Website Invaded by Soybean Aphids, June 2006
        • Ontario Soybean Rust Coalition Updates
    • White Mould (Sclerotinia)
      • White Mould Variety Ratings

  Seed and pod Diseases

  • Phomopsis Seed Mould, Pod and Stem Blight

  Soybean Csyt Nematode

  • Soybean Cyst Nematode Symptoms Beginning to Show , June 2008
  • Soybean Cyst Nematode in Eastern Ontario? It's True, July 2007
  • Soybean Cyst Nematode
  • Begin Scouting for Soybean Cyst Nematode, July 2007
  • Soybean Cyst Nematode Testing Laboratories
  • Soybean Cyst Nematode Thriving in 2005, July 2005
  • Soybean Cyst Nematode Becoming More Prevalent, Sept 2005

     

  Insects

  | Root Feeding Insects | Leaf Feeding Insects |

  • Insect Factsheets & Infosheets on Soybeans
  • Integrated Pest Management Options: Soybeans
  • Minor Use Program
  • Pesticide Information
  • The Summer for Insects - Scout your Fields! July 2007

    Root Feeding Insects

  • Soybean Fungicide and Insecticide Seed Treatments, March 2008
  • Insecticide Seed Treatments - Which fields should they go in? April 2006
  • Seedcorn Maggot

    Leaf Feeding Insects

  • Aphids
    • Soybean Aphid (Order No. 04-059)
    • Soybean Aphid
      • Soybean Aphids are Starting to Colonize Soybeans, June 2008
      • Soybean Aphids are Gearing up, August 2008
      • Soybean Aphids and Yield Response In the Late R Stages, Sept 2009
      • What Are Soybean Aphids Up To? July 2008
      • Soybean Aphid Updates Soybean Aphid Colonies Found on Buckthorn this Week, May 2008
      • What are Soybean Aphids Going to Do in 2008? May 2008
      • USDA Soybean Rust Website Invaded by Soybean Aphids, June 2006
    • Soybean Growth Stages and Aphid Thresholds - University of Wisconsin
    • Soybean Growth Stages
  • Bean Leaf Beetle
    • Bean Leaf Beetle, Japanese Beetles, Grasshoppers....It's all the Same When it Comes to Thresholds , August 2008
    • Pods at Risk of Bean Leaf Bettle Feeding, August 2008
    • Bean Leaf Beetles are Feeding, June 2008
    • Bean Leaf Beetle Battle, May 2007
    • Bean Leaf Beetle Early Seedling Stage Threshold, June 2006
    • Soybean Emergence = Risk of Bean Leaf Beetle Injury, May 2007
  • Cutworm a Potential Concern, May 2007
  • Western Bean Cutworm Trap Counts in Blyth a Concern , August 2008
  • Western Bean Cutworm Scouting Procedures for Beans , July 2008
  • Western Bean Cutworm Numbers High in Michigan , July 2008
  • Western Bean Cutworm Moth Captured in Ontario, July 2008
  • Defoliating Insects
  • Japanese Beetle
  • Potato Leafhopper
  • Pod Piercing Pests are Present - Stink Bugs and Tarnished Plant Bugs, August 2007
  • Slugs
    • Wet Weather Increases Risk for Slug Damage, May 2006
    • Scouting for Slugs This Fall Will Help Predict Spring Problems, Nov 2006
    • Slugs will be Active Soon, May 2007
      
  • Spider Mite
    • Spider Mites In Field Crops (Order No. 89-002) Order this factsheet
    • Spider Mite Alert, August 2007
    • Scout for Spider Mites Too! June 2007

       

    Weeds

  • Guide to Weed Control (Publication 75 - Order No. 75)
    • Chapter 11 - Soybeans
    • Soybean Herbicide Ratings Tables (Table 11-1) (PDF file - 133 kb)
  • New Herbicides for Field Crops
  • Advantages of Fall Weed Control, Sept 2003
  • Alternative Herbicides for the Control of Canada Fleabane in Soybeans, Jan 2004
  • Ammonium Sulphate (AMS) and Glyphosate, Sept 2002
  • Avoid Getting Burned by Herbicide Residues, June 2005
  • Can I Apply Herbicides to Soybeans Before the 1st Trifoliate Stage? June 2008
  • Controlling Volunteer Roundup Ready Canola in Soybeans, May 2005
  • Controlling Alfalfa in Minimum Till Cropping Systems, Sept 2008
  • End of Season Weed Scouting, Nov 2007
  • Environmental Conditions Have Greatest Impact on Crop Injury from Herbicides - Why reading the herbicide label matters, April 2007
  • Fall Weed Management Wrap-Up, Nov 2008
  • Glyphosate and Fungicides. Can We Do It? Should We? July 2005
  • Glyphosate Additives on Soybeans, March 2006
  • Guidelines for Fall Weed Control, Sept 2005
  • Herbicide Injury
  • Herbicide Injury
  • Herbicide Mode of Action Categories (Order No. 00-061)
  • Integrated Weed Management - The Book, July 2005
  • Is Soybean Leaf Cupping a Roundup Ready Problem? Sept 2002
  • Mechanical Weed Control, March 2004
  • Minor Use Program
  • Ontario Weeds - Weed Gallery
  • Organic Weed Control: Many Little Hammers! Jan 2002
  • Pesticide Information
  • Plan Your Yellow Nutsedge Control Strategy Now! Jan 2003
  • Poor Herbicide Performance? Reasons for Poor Weed Control, Jan 2002
  • Problem Weeds
  • Sprayer Calibration Calculator
  • Soybean Crop Staging and Herbicide Application Timing, June 2007
  • Valtera - A New Herbicide For Identity Preserved (IP) Soybeans, March 2009
  • Weed Factsheets & Infosheets
  • Weed Control? Timing! March 2002
  • Weed Quiz
  • What's New in Weed Control?
  • "Weird Weeds" Questions and Answers, May 2007
  • Basics of Weed Management
  • Application Technology
  • Precautions With All Pesticides

    Herbicide Resistance

  • Control Options for Group II Resistant Weeds in Soybeans, Nov 2005
  • Field Scouting Will Help Prevent Glyphosate Resistance, June 2004
  • Glyphosate Resistance...Thinking Ahead, March 2005
  • Herbicide Resistant Weeds (Order No. 01-023)
  • Herbicide resistance Eastern Black Nightshades are a problem, but solutions are in sight, June 2005
  • How Much Are Herbicide Resistant Weeds Costing You? November 2002
  • Resistant Weeds! Jan 2002
  • Resistance to Group 2 Herbicides in Foxtails in Ontario, June 2005

    Drift Management

  • Field Sprayer Calibration (Order No. 88-129)
  • Could it Get any Worse? May 2008
  • Go Fly a Kite! May 2008
  • How Much Wind Makes it Too Windy to Spray? May 2005
  • Reducing Pesticide Drift and Crop Damage (Order No. 88-118)
  • Spraying with Greenhouses Nearby, May 2005
  • Wind Idiots, May 2007

     

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    Newsletters

  • Crop-Pest Ontario
  • CropTalk
  • Ontario Soybean Growers Newsletter
  • Other Newsletters Online (external link list)
    • Ontario Soil & Crop Association

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      Resources and Services

  • Agriculture Development Advisory Staff
  • Crop and Pest Updates
  • Accredited Soil Testing Labs
  • Sources of Crop Inputs
    • Cover Crop Seed Suppliers
    • Sources of Agricultural Limestone For Ontario

       

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  Stats and Facts

  • Ontario Field Crops Research & Services Committee (OFCRSC)

    • State of the Industry Report
  • Ontario Field Crops Statistics

     

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