2017 Information from MSPB's SMART Program
Several products from MSPB’s Project No. 36-2017, the SMART project, have been posted on MSSOY.
Click the links below to access this new information supplied by Dr. Trent Irby, the SMART project director, and his colleagues.
Click here for results from the MSU-ES On-Farm Variety Demonstrations conducted on sites throughout Miss. in 2017 and previous years. In 2017, demonstrations were conducted on 32 sites in 17 Miss. Counties. Both irrigated and nonirrigated demonstrations were conducted. See the 2017 results for production practices and management inputs used at the indicated sites, and resulting yields.
Click here for the MSU-ES Soybean Variety Short List, which contains a list of suggested varieties for 2018 plantings. Suggestions are based on overall consistency and performance in Mississippi Soybean Official Variety Trials and other variety demonstration activities conducted throughout the state. This list can serve as an additional resource for variety selection.
Click here for the Iron Deficiency Chlorosis (IDC) White Paper that contains 2017 and previous years’ ratings for IDC susceptibility/tolerance of selected soybean varieties grown on sites in East Mississippi that are known to promote IDC. Producers growing soybeans on such sites are encouraged to plant seed of known and documented tolerant varieties since this is the best defense against IDC occurrence.