ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES

Farming for the future

Farming isn’t just about protecting the land, water and air but making it better. Soybean farmers rely on these environmental resources for a living. Many have farmed the same ground for generations. They’re vested in not only taking care of what they have but in making it more productive and better for their future crops and future generations.

The right environmental practices keep farms sustainable

By implementing the right environmental practices for their farms, Missouri soybean farmers are producing a sustainable crop year after year. Farmers use practices that protect and restore the water, air and land.

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Carbon capture and sequestration

With the right systems and practices in place, farmers can enhance soil quality and retention of carbon making it stable there for years.

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Water quality management

Water is critical regardless of the crop. Implementing environmental practices to keep water safe for using in the community, watering animals and irrigating fields is important to soybean farmers.

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Nitrogen fixing

While all plants need nitrogen to grow, soybeans can fix nitrogen with the aid of nitrogen fixing soil bacteria. Through a symbiotic relationship with soil microbes, soybeans convert nitrogen to a usable form.

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Greenhouse gas emissions

Conservation tillage systems help soybean farmers reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and improve air quality by reducing trips across the field.

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Tillage

Soybeans are well suited for conservation tillage systems including no-till, reduced-till and vertical tillage that help to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and improve soil health.

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Crop residue

Leaving crop residue in the field after harvest contributes to soil health and protects fields from erosion. Over several months, the stubble breaks down and turns into organic matter. With microorganisms nutrients are returned back to the soil.

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