Soy Insights Sponsored Conten North Central Soybean Research Program board visits North Dakota The North Central Soybean Research Program board met in Fargo, N.D., on Aug. 8-9 in their first visit to North Dakota. This is a group of 12 state in 2018 is funding 13 projects, which include research into such problem as soybean cyst nematode resistance lerotinia stem rot, stem canker and ean councils in the Upper Midwest soybean sudden death syndrome, that collaborate with universities and extension on research to improve yields and profits. as well as things like increasing yield, getting new information to farmers and more. The group visited some key North Dakota production research programs, including the SHARE farm near Mooreton, N.D., and the North Dakota State University Greenhouse The North Central Soybean Research Program was established in 1992 and fundedbycheckofforganizationsinthe12 member states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Their mission "I think the research that these farmers fund with their checkoff dollars is moving the industry forward," says North Central Soybean Research Program board toured the NDSU greenhouse on their first s to maximize producer returns by Ed Anderson, executive director of the ever visit to Fargo, N.D NCSRP, and the senior director for research at the lowa Soybean Association in Ankeny, lowa. "think it's helping Im farmers in the short term and the long where many of the researchers are challenging to deal with, and I think are targeted at problems of the North term. I think it provides a really good funded by the NCSRP, United Soybean that was a real eye opener for farmers Central soybean producer pipeline of new people and technologies Board and the state checkoff program. and staff." coordinating regional research efforts Board members on the tour were problematic for North Dakota soybean minimizing duplication of research and ing impressed by the research at NDSU, producers and are really unique and assuring that regional research projects and tools to the companies that are "I think the visit to the SHARE farm Past research conducted through developing crop protection products and was really impressive," Anderson says. North Cetral Soybean Research seed and various ways for for farmers "I think it really helped a lot of us Program funding has worked to improve to produce a more abundant, higher understand the challenges with IDC. soybean varieties and find solutions for Iron deficiency chlorosis and salinity are disease and pest control. The program North Dakota Soybean Council Our World h Growing uality, sustainable soybean crop.