Soybeans

Overview

Soybeans have been grown in Georgia for livestock feed since the eighteenth century, and are produced today for cooking oil and animal fodder. In Georgia, soybeans are not a huge cash crop thanks to the plant's susceptibility to drought and its need for longer periods of nighttime darkness than are typically found in the state. The 180,000 acres that are planted in Georgia each year are mainly used to produce cooking oil, although CAES researchers are busy exploring soybeans' value as an alternative fuel source. New varieties that are more tolerant of Georgia's growing conditions are also being developed and tested by Extension scientists.

Publications

Commercial and Professional Publications

• 2012 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, and Summer Annual Forages Performance Tests
• 2009 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, Summer Annual Forages and Sunflower Performance Tests
• Grain and Soybean Drying on Georgia Farms
• Measuring Field Losses from Grain Combines
• 2011 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, and Summer Annual Forages Performance Tests
• 2000 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, Grain Millet, Sunflower, and Summer Annual Forages Performance Tests
• 1999 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, Grain Millet, and Summer Annual Forages Performance Tests
• 2010 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, Summer Annual Forages, and Sunflower Performance Tests

General Publications

• Soybean Aphid Establishment in Georgia

To see other publications, go to the CAES Publications site or the FACS Publications listing.

News

For the latest news about Extension, visit Georgia FACES. News you can use about Georgia family, agricultural, consumer and enviromental sciences.

• Kudzu bugs wake up, cover houses, pester homeowners
• Stink bugs costly, harmful to farmers' crops
• UGA scientist tracks kudzu bug back to Japan
• Midwest drought costs Georgia poultry producers big bucks
• Kudzu vine key to kudzu bug's survival
• NSF grant will help scientists uncover hidden soybean genes
• Tiny wasp may hold key to controlling kudzu bug
• Kudzu bug spreads across Southern states
• UGA's newest eminent scholar to focus on peanut genetics
• Farmers face dwindling supply of important farm chemical

Websites

UGA-affiliated sites

• Impact Statements: Soybeans
  Descriptions of Extension efforts to improve knowledge and practices related to soybeans.
• Soybeans
  Provides updated information on all aspects of soybean production, marketing, economics and outlook.

External sites

• Rust Monitoring
  Updated information on the status of soybean rust in the U.S.