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2022
In support of the Iowa Soybean Research Center
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Iowa Soybean Association
Category:
Sustainable Production
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Parent Project:
In support of the Iowa Soybean Research Center
Lead Principal Investigator:
Gregory Tylka, Iowa State University
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Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Iowa Soybean Association
$200,000
Leveraged Funding (Non-Checkoff):
Funding support for the Iowa Soybean Research Center comes from four sources: *The Iowa Soybean Association, partner since 2014. Funding used to support soybean-related research & education activities. *The ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station. Funding annually supports center’s staff salaries and benefits, center operating expenses and supplies, education activities and other non-research soybean-related activities. The annual support currently is approximately $170,000. *Private agribusinesses that are formal partners with the center provide funding to support research through the ISRC. Current partners include AMVAC, BASF, Bayer CropScience, Cornelius Seed, Corteva, FMC, GDM, Innvictis/Simplot, Merschman Seed, Syngenta and UPL. *A private donor is providing support for communication efforts by funding a half-time communications specialist for the ISRC. Their support totals $85,000 over 6 years (2016-2021).
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Institution Funded:
Iowa State University
$200,000
Brief Project Summary:
The intellectual focus of the Iowa Soybean Research Center is all university activities related to soybean biology, breeding, economics, precision agriculture, production and pest management in the state. The ultimate, long-term goal of the center is to advance understanding of soybean plant biology and to increase soybean production and make production more profitable and environmentally sustainable in the future.
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Project Summary

The intellectual focus of the Iowa Soybean Research Center is all university activities related to soybean biology, breeding, economics, precision agriculture, production and pest management in the state. The ultimate, long-term goal of the center is to advance understanding of soybean plant biology and to increase soybean production and make production more profitable and environmentally sustainable in the future.

Project Objectives

Specific goals of the center are:
*Harness strong public-private partnerships.
*Build communication and collaborations with soybean farmers and the agricultural industry about needs for soybean research and education activities by ISU and the Iowa Soybean Association, and increase the coordination of those activities among the industry, the Iowa Soybean Association and ISU.
*Share research-based information to benefit the Iowa soybean industry.
*Leverage and increase public and private funding of soybean-related research and education activities at ISU.
*Grow active engagement of farmers and align others in the soybean value chain so dividends from investments in leadership, research and education integration are accelerated.
*Increase training of undergraduate and graduate students and other personnel for soybean-related research, education and production activities.
*Share research-based information to benefit the Iowa soybean industry.

Project Deliverables

There will be many deliverables and outcomes from the Iowa soybean Research Center, which include:
*Improved coordination of soybean research and education activities with the Iowa Soybean Association staff and agribusiness personnel in Iowa.
*Increased exchange of ideas and information, and participation in crop conferences and educational meetings held by Iowa State University and the Iowa Soybean Association.
*Expanded cooperative research conducted by Iowa State University scientists and researchers in the ISA Research Center for Farming Innovation.
*Greater funding of Iowa State University soybean production research by leveraging soybean checkoff funds with financial support from the soybean industry.

Progress Of Work

Final Project Results

Benefit To Soybean Farmers

The results of the activities of the Iowa Soybean Research Center that benefit soybean farmers include greater input from farmers into the topics of Iowa State University soybean research, better coordination of soybean research activities at Iowa State University and the Iowa Soybean Association's Research Center for Farming Innovation, and leveraging of soybean checkoff funding with financial support from private industry to support soybean reseaech at Iowa State University.

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.