URBANA, Ill. — As the popularity of healthy, edible soybeans has grown among American consumers, researchers and farmers in the Midwest have started asking if, in a land where soybean and corn are king, there is room for “vegetable soybeans,” also known as edamame.
Illinois farmer experiments with edamame
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Edamame harvest in a small plot at the University of Illinois.
It is much more difficult to get consistent emergence with edamame than it is with commercial soybeans, said Marty Williams, University of Illinois crop science professor.
