WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers will plant more soybeans and less corn in 2026 than last year, although both harvests were expected to be the second-largest on record, the U.S. Department ...

In efforts to better understand how soybean plants capture and use light, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign investigated how leaf size and shape affect light distribution ...

The 2025 harvest season ended with high yields for soybeans, as a recent USDA report found Missouri soybean yields were better than in 2023 and 2024. Even though the report showed impressive yields, ...

Stephanie Porter, Illinois Soybean Association outreach agronomist, shows a card with information on ISA's Soybean Production Concerns Survey. The survey guides ISA in determining areas of research ...

China accounted for less than 20% of all U.S. exports of soybeans through October of 2025, the latest U.S. Census Bureau data available. For 14 of the last 17 years for the same 10-month time period, ...

Abstract: The object of research in this work is monitoring the change in the specific enzymatic activity of the enzyme urease extracted from soybean flour. For this purpose, the diafiltration process ...

Soybeans showed a glimmer of hope for farmers in 2025, but 2026 is not looking so rosy. U.S. soybean farmers, already squeezed by thin margins and high costs, are now facing another year of stiff ...

Soybean oil futures soared as much as 3.8%, boosted by expectations the Trump administration will deliver long-awaited US biofuel-blending quotas by March. The Environmental Protection Agency last ...

When U.S. farmers depend heavily on a single foreign buyer, U.S. trade policy stops being sovereign—and starts being hostage. No country has exploited that vulnerability more than China, and no crop ...

A combination of precision fertilizer application, better water management, advances in genetics, seed treatments, and precision planting has provided opportunities for corn and soybeans to flourish.

Shawn P. Conley, Adam C. Roth, Mark Kendall and Damon L. Smith University of Wisconsin-Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, and Department of Plant Pathology Dec 11, 2025 Dec 11, 2025 The ...

West Kentucky soybean farmer Barry Alexander with a handful of yellow soybeans. The president of the American Soybean Association says the $12 billion payments will help farmers, but will not make up ...