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#Grow24 has been a great for crops in northeast Kansas, according to Alex Noll.

“Crops look good and we will be moving into soybean insecticide spraying at the end of this week or beginning of next,” the Jefferson County farmer reports.

This week Noll spent time hauling in the last hay and moving corn to fill contracts.

“No rain to speak of,” he notes, “with the exception of a mist that amounted to less than three-tenths of an inch Saturday.”

Missouri

Farming isn’t the only thing keeping Renee Fordyce busy during #grow24.

“It’s important for us, as farmers, to engage in service to help better ourselves as leaders for our farming operations, our communities and the agriculture industry,” the Harrison County soybean grower says.

Fordyce spent much of the week in her role as president of the Missouri Soybean Association where she attended summer grower meetings and industry partner events.

“I had the pleasure of touring Mizzou Athletics and hearing from Tigers football head coach Eli Drinkwitz, MU Athletic Director Laird Veatch, and Board of Curators Chair, Robin Wenneker,” she says. “MoSoy is proud of the partnership we have with our land grand university.”

Missouri farmer Renee Fordyce, along with husband Richard, visited the University of Missouri as part of a soybean growers contingent. They were able to visit the field and meet with the athletics department to build farm-city-university relationships. Photo by Renee Fordyce

Fordyce also took part in the renaming of Missouri Soybean Association’s Bay Farm Research Facility to the Farm for Soy Innovation.

“There are a lot of exciting things happening on the Farm for Soy Innovation,” she adds. “Please come visit if you are in the Columbia area.”

Missouri Soybean Association president Renee Fordyce unveiled a new name to the organizations research farm. She is joined by Russell Wolf, Missouri Soybeans District 5 representative, Clayton Light, Missouri Soybeans director of conservation agriculture and farm operations, and Gary Wheeler, CEO and executive director of Missouri Soybeans. Photo by Richard Fordyce

Being in a leadership role is new for Fordyce but admits she enjoys learning.

Crop conditions

USDA-NASS crop condition report (as of July 22)

Kansas

Missouri

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