Secure Optimal Yield 2008

The American Soybean Association and BASF present the Secure Optimal Yield (SOY) Field Trials program to provide soybean growers with an opportunity to demonstrate enhanced weed and disease management techniques on their farm.

All participating growers will receive an ASA-BASF "Secure Optimal Yield" logo jacket, and can earn a $250.00 Cabela's Gift Card from the ASA, redeemable online are at retail locations nationwide, when they provide their field trial results.

Download the PDF file for the 2008 SOY Data Form here.

 

The ASA Agricultural Scholarship

The Secure Optimal Yield (SOY) Scholarship is being offered by the American Soybean Association. The scholarship provides a one-time $5,000 award ($2,500 per semester, pending qualifications met) for tuition/fees/books, to an eligible High School senior who plans to declare agriculture as a degree area of study at an accredited College or University of their choice. The ASA SOY Scholarship is made possible by an educational grant from BASF Corporation. Access the Scholarship Application Now.

 

Grower testimonials about the 2008 SOY Program
(Total run time is 03:45)

Gary Ludwig Ken Priellis Roy Wendte
 
 

The sign up period for the 2008 SOY Field Trials Program is now closed.
See a list of the 2008 SOY Field Trials Participants
For more information, see the
 Program Objectives and Participation Criteria.

 

Get expert advice from BASF on how to better manage weeds and diseases to maximize soybean yields.

 
VIDEO: Watch and listen to streaming video presentations from the SOY breakfast event at Commodity Classic. Listen to presentations by Alan Kemper, ASA Vice President, Adam Burnhams , BASF Marketing Manager, and Kip Cullers, Missouri soybean producer who set the world record for soybean production two years in a row.
 

Side-by-side 2005 field trials at the BASF Research Farm in Seymour, Illinois. Eight weeks after application, the image on the left clearly shows the superior weed control of Extreme® herbicide (glyphosate plus the residual control of Pursuit® herbicide), versus the image on the right, which shows an area treated with Roundup® herbicide only. (Photos courtesy BASF)

 

  Special Grower's Guides 
from the 
American Soybean Association and BASF.

Applying Today’s Knowledge to Next Year’s Soybeans
No Better Time To 
Maximize Yield Potential
World Demand For Soybeans Prompts U.S. Farmers to Adopt Innovative Practices

ASA Today's
December 2007 Insert

ASA Today's
February 2008 Insert

ASA Today's
May 2008 Insert



 

Special Grower's Guides 
from the 
American Soybean Association and BASF.

Secure Optimal Yield
2008 Growing Season Report
ASA Today's
Oct,-Nov. 2008 Insert
ASA Today's
January 2009 Insert

 

Revisit the 2007 Secure Optimal Yield web page for information about last year's program.

 

Download the BASF Family of Brochures.

Pursuit Plus 
Preemergence Herbicide for Soybeans
a 856kb PDF file

 

 

Prowl H2O Herbicide 
Followed by Raptor Herbicide
For maximum yield potential in 
non-GMO soybeans.

a 789kb PDF file

 

 

Prowl H2O Preemergence Herbicide
for Corn and Soybeans
a 1.56MB PDF file

 

 

Extreme Herbicide for 
Roundup Ready Soybeans and No-till
1.46MB PDF file

 

 

Headline Fungicide for Soybeans
Break the Yield Barrier in Soybeans.
a 1.15MB PDF file

 

 

Scepter Preemergence Herbicide 
for Soybeans

a 1.03MB PDF file