Soybean Research Goes From South To North

By Don Molino

Voice of Louisiana Agriculture Radio Network

A grant from the Louisiana Soybean, Grain Research and Promotion Board, is funding research being carried out statewide by LSU AgCenter Soybean Specialist Dr. David Moseley.

“We are growing core block trials this year in 12 parishes. In south Louisiana, we’re in St. James, stretching all the way northeast into West Carroll Parish. In the northwestern part of the state, we’re in Caddo Parish. So all the way from the south to the north we're in 12 parishes.

“All this so we’re able to see in different soil types and different weather patterns and different maintenance practices (of soybeans.”

“In the core block trials this year we have 20 demonstrations across the 12 parishes and we have 25 varieties that are split between three maturity group sectors, 3’s to early 4’s, mid-4 to late 4 and also maturity group 5.”

(This report a service of the Louisiana Soybean Grain Research and Promotion Board)