ISRC Hosts Soybean Farmers from Brazil
On August 29, the Iowa Soybean Research Center hosted a campus tour for a group of 20 soybean farmers affiliated with Aprosoja Mato Grosso from Brazil. The group was in Iowa to visit the Iowa Soybean Association, Iowa State University and the Farm Progress Show near Boone.
The group began their afternoon visit to Iowa State in Agronomy Hall with a welcome and introduction by Agronomy Department Chair Kendall Lamkey followed by presentations on soybean management by Mark Licht and herbicide-resistant weed management by Ramawatar Yadav. The group then went on a tour of the Seed Science Center, which was led by Mike Stahr and Alan Gaul. The group’s visit ended at the Advanced Teaching and Research Building with a presentation on soybean sudden death syndrome, which Leonor Leandro, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology, delivered in Portuguese, a pleasant surprise to the group.