Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council

SCN Diagnostics, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council offering free SCN tests

February 14, 2024 | By University of Missouri Extension

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Soybean producers are encouraged to submit soil samples for soybean cyst nematode (SCN) egg counts to the SCN Diagnostics clinic in Columbia this spring for free, says Mandy Bish, clinic director and University of Missouri Extension plant pathologist. Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council partners with the clinic to offer four free sample tests…

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Cereal rye as a cover crop can reduce waterhemp

August 8, 2021 | By LINDA GEIST, University of Missouri Extension

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cereal rye as a cover crop may reduce waterhemp populations without yield loss in soybean, according to a three-year study at the University of Missouri. MU Extension weed specialist Mandy Bish and a team of researchers studied how planting soybean into living cereal rye — “planting green” — and then terminating the…

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