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Delaware Soybean Board Newsletter
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Sussex County Farmer Mark Collins takes top honors in Delaware Soybean Yield Contest
(HARRINGTON, DELAWARE) – January 11, 2018 – Mark Collins of Sussex County had the state’s top 2017 soybean yield with 84.55 bushels per acre of full season soybeans. Collins planted Pioneer P41T65PR, a Plenish bean, which produces high-oleic soybean oil. Collins...
Resources and Regulations Summary Available to Delaware Farmers
(DOVER, DELAWARE) January 16, 2020 - The study of regulations impacting farm businesses by the Delaware Soybean Board (DSB) has revealed that farmers, depending on their operation, can be required to comply with more than 100 separate regulations from three dozen...
First State Farmer Wins with First Year of High Oleic
(BRIDGEVILLE, DELAWARE) - High oleic soybeans have been available in Delaware since 2014. With more farmers growing this specialty soybean each year, Kevin Evans, a soybean farmer from Bridgeville, thought 2016 might be time to give it a try. As it turns out, it...
Five Ways Delaware Farmers Are Excelling at Sustainability
(DOVER, DELAWARE) May 15, 2017 - When Delaware’s soybean farmers began planting this spring, they did so with the environment in mind. Based on statistics from the United Soybean Board’s “Soy Sustainability” report released in early 2017, Delaware soybean farmers...
Delaware Farmers Approve $50,200 in Soy Research
Projects address crop production, protection needs (DOVER, DELAWARE) - April 24, 2017 - Delaware soybean farmers serving on the Delaware Soybean Board funded six research projects totaling $50,200 on topics ranging from no-till weed management to delivering...
Record-Setting Grower Says to Intensively Manage Your Soybeans for Better Yields
(HARRINGTON, DELAWARE) – January 12, 2017 - When Dan Arkels goes for high yields from his soybeans, he leaves no stone unturned. Everything he can think of gets scrutinized and optimized. And recorded to compare for next year. Arkels, of Peru, Ill., grew 104...
John Comegys wins Delaware soybean yield contest
(HARRINGTON, DELAWARE) – January 12, 2017 – John Comegys of Hartly in Kent County, Del., had the state’s top 2016 soybean yield with 80.74 bushels per acre of full season soybeans. Comegys planted Pioneer P36T86R. Kevin Evans of Bridgeville in Sussex County won the...
Delaware’s Rick Dickerson attended 2017 Soybean Leadership College
(SALISBURY, MARYLAND) - Delaware farmer Rick Dickerson attended the 2017 Soybean Leadership College Jan. 10-12 in St. Louis, Mo. Dickerson, of Laurel, farms about a thousand acres of soybeans, corn, and wheat, and raises peas, sweet corn, baby lima beans, edamame,...
Seaford’s Cory Atkins Named to United Soybean Board
(SEAFORD, DELAWARE) - Cory Atkins of Seaford, Del., has been appointed to the United Soybean Board. He is one of 39 new appointees who will join 34 other farmer-leaders in directing soy checkoff funds toward research, marketing and promotion efforts that increase...
Del Tech Students Attend Biotech University
(DOVER, DELAWARE) - Four Delaware Tech scholars recently completed Biotech University thanks to a scholarship from the Delaware Soybean Board. Caitlin Chaney of Bridgeville, Jenna Hitchens of Georgetown, Samantha Monroe of Bridgeville and Kevin Shuman of Seaford...