Missouri Soybean Farmer Magazine

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Soybean Association (MSA) thanks Gov. Mike Kehoe for enacting a temporary halt on the state’s prohibition of red-dyed diesel on public highways in commercial vehicles licensed for farm use. The move is paramount to providing farmers with relief on fuel costs during harvest.

By Seed World A few beans on the ground may not look like much, but small harvest losses can add up quickly across a Missouri soybean field. By September, Missouri soybean growers have spent months protecting yield. They planted it, sprayed it, scouted it and watched the weather either cooperate or refuse to play along. Once the combine enters the field, most of the season’s decisions are behind them, but there is still money to make or lose in how efficiently that crop comes out of the field.

USSEC learning mission highlights opportunities to protect and grow demand for Missouri soybeans Missouri soybean farmers have customers around the world, and maintaining relationships with those customers remains critical as competition for global soybean markets intensifies.

Story By Bethany Baratta | Photography by Joclyn Kuboushek This article is original content from the Iowa Soybean Review. The Section 45Z Clean Energy Production Tax Credit is moving toward implementation, with the U.S. Treasury targeting November 2026 for its official rule release. For soybean farmers, it will directly impact marketing, on-farm record keeping, and potentially your local grain basis.

Seven Missouri soybean farmers selected for leadership and advocacy development program JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Soybean Association (MSA) is proud to share the 2026-27 class of the Missouri Grassroots Fellowship (MGF), welcoming seven soybean farmers from across the state into the organization’s leadership development program. “Strong grassroots leadership has always been at the heart of the Missouri Soybean Association,” said Cody Brock, MSA president.

Missouri Soybean board member Robert Alpers of Prairie Home recently traveled to Thailand as part of a trade mission bringing together farmer leaders from Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The delegation met with feed manufacturers, soybean processors and livestock companies to better understand the needs of one of Southeast Asia's largest feed markets and explore opportunities for U.S. soybean meal. For Missouri soybean farmers, those conversations are becoming increasingly important.

The best cover crop programs begin long before harvest. Here’s how planning today can improve soil health, protect your fields and set the stage for next year’s crop. For many Missouri soybean farmers, harvest feels like the finish line. Months of planning, planting and management finally come together as combines roll across the field. But for growers who use cover crops, harvest isn’t the end of the season — it’s the beginning of the next crop cycle.

By Aimee Nielson - Seed World By August, many soybean farmers feel that the major decisions are behind them. The crop has established a canopy, herbicide applications have mostly ended and farmers have completed or started their fungicide plans. The crop, however, still has work to do. Soybeans are setting pods, filling seed and drawing heavily on available water and nutrients. Plants whose roots were infected by diseases months ago may finally show symptoms, while insects can build as pods develop.

As the aquaculture industry grows, so does the need for affordable protein in fish feed. At Lincoln University of Missouri (LU), researchers are studying whether soybean meal offers a practical way to reduce reliance on fish meal. The research examines whether soybean meal can replace a portion of the fish meal used in aquaculture feed. Fish meal, a protein-rich ingredient traditionally made from wild-caught fish, has long served as a primary protein source in fish diets.

As Missouri soybean growers scout fields each summer, symptoms of sudden death syndrome (SDS) become a common concern. However, a new player has entered the game. Red crown rot (RCR) is complicating SDS diagnosis because it produces nearly identical leaf symptoms and develops under many of the same field conditions.