Southern Corn and Soybean Production Guide

Don’t let your rearview mirror be larger than your windshield. That might be the best advice possible going forward for soybean producers, especially considering prices during 2012, says Max Runge, Auburn University Extension economist....More

Availability of improved soybean varieties, combined with good management of water, insects, weeds and disease make soybeans a key link in Southern crop rotations.Thousands of Southern growers see the advantages of having soybeans as part of their corn and rice rotations. One of those farmers is Jason Waller of Mer Rouge, La. Several years back, he had excellent luck with beans double-cropped with wheat and rotated with cotton....More

All predictions point to corn remaining king of crops at least for the foreseeable future, says Todd Davis, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau....More

Whether the farm is in Georgia or Tennessee, or from the Carolinas to Louisiana, high grain prices have made corn a thriving cash crop for many Southern growers who know the value of efficient corn production in their rotations....More