Much to learn from 2020 soybean crop

Dec 4, 2020
Dec 4, 2020 Updated Feb 10, 2021

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Soybean field days — The virtual Soybean Management Field Day is filmed Aug. 11 at the Shelby, Nebraska location. Videos highlighting results were released recently.
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