Six US universities band to boost soybean yields through best practices education effort

A researcher at Iowa State University is leading a six university effort to increase soybean productivity through education. Researchers say that test yields for soybean exceed 100 bushels per acre but education on best practices is needed to duplicate this in the field.

Last week in Taiwan, the deputy director of the Agriculture and Food Agency said that Taiwan will switch emphasis to producing ethanol after yields from biodiesel feedstock cultivation had proven to be a disappointment. The country will begin a phased transition from soy and sunflower cultivation on 7,000 acres to sweet potatoes for ethanol production.

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