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Iowa Soybean Research Center

in collaboration with the Iowa Soybean Association

ISRC Hosts Soybean Farmers from Brazil

Group photo of Brazilian farmers visiting ISU.
Pictured is the group of visiting farmers from Motto Grosso, 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.

Kendall Lamkey speaks with group of visiting farmers
Agronomy Department Chair Kendall Lamkey, left, greets a group of visiting farmers from Brazil.
Mark Licht
Mark Licht, agronomy, presents on soybean management in Iowa.
Ram speaks with visiting farmers group
Ramawatar Yadav, right, agronomy, takes a question during his presentation on managing herbicide-resistant weeds in the U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Stahr at the Seed Science Center.
Mike Stahr, left, diagnostic laboratory manager for the Seed Science Center gives a tour.
Ed Anderson, ISA, speaks with farmers
Ed Anderson of the Iowa Soybean Association, center, answers questions during a tour of the Seed Science Center at ISU.
Leonor Leandro presents on SDS
Leonor Leandro, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology, presents on Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome.
A visiting farmer from Brazil takes a photo of a soybean plant displaying symptoms of SDS.
A visiting farmer from Brazil takes a photo of a soybean plant with SDS.