Do your soybeans stack up? Get to scouting to check for yield potential and identify areas of weakness to target next year.

The world’s soybean crop has grown by leaps and bounds since 1990, growing 231%. And “the U.S. and Brazil are in a neck-and-neck competition for the top spot,” according to ag economist David Widmar, writing for the Agricultural Economic Insights blog.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is investigating about two dozen complaints from farmers about a weed killer used on genetically modified soybean fields that can tolerate the herbicide.

As complaints about dicamba damage continue to trickle in, farmers, applicators, manufacturing companies and state employees are trying to get a handle on what’s going on.

With complaints rising across the countryside, certain U.S. states are taking action to manage suspected dicamba damage. Restrictions and out and out bans limit farmer and applicator options this season.

Arkansas farmers are waking up Tuesday morning to the first hours of the 120-day dicamba ban that went into effect overnight. Missouri farmers are on hold, and some are hoping the state ban is short-lived.

It seems as if many producers throughout The Corn Belt are dealing with a taxing crop year, from drought in the West to water in the East. For Northwest Ohio growers, this marks the third consecutive year of weather challenges. USDA says 56 percent of Ohio’s corn crop and 58 percent of the soybean crop is rated good to excellent.

As farmers prepare for the first year of over-the-top dicamba application, questions cloud the horizon.

New marker to honor farmer who pioneered soybeans in Indiana

The world can’t seem to get its fill of soybeans. Exports from the U.S. and Brazil, the world’s largest growers, are the highest ever for this time of year, and demand is poised to eclipse earlier government forecasts for a record this season.