Two graduate students’ research that will help soybean growers has resulted in scholarships from the Foundation for Soy Innovation. Haylee Schreier, who is working on an advanced degree at the University of Missouri, is doing checkoff-funded research on a machine called the Weed Zapper that takes out weeds with electricity when they’re beyond chemical control.
“We’re looking at it more as a rescue treatment,” Schreier told Brownfield Ag News, “so when the weeds are much taller than the soybeans, that’s when you get your best control with it.”
Brazil native Caio Canella is working on his doctorate at the University of Missouri doing checkoff-funded research in the field of soybean breeding.
