Use Cases

Soybean Use Case

The Challenge

Soybean plays a critical role in global food and industrial markets, with extensive cultivation in regions such as the United States, Brazil, Argentina, and China. While these regions provide favorable growing conditions, they are increasingly challenged by climate change, which exacerbates issues like pest infestations from insects such as soybean aphids and diseases like Asian soybean rust. These challenges can significantly impact yields and crop quality, necessitating careful management and ongoing adjustments to cultivation practices.

The Solution

RegenIQ empowers agronomists and soybean growers by providing detailed insights into the effectiveness of their cultivation practices, helping them make strategic adjustments for improved outcomes. By assessing the timing and rate of nutrient applications, RegenIQ ensures that soybean plants achieve optimal growth, particularly during critical developmental stages such as flowering and pod formation. The framework also closely monitors pest and disease pressures, allowing growers to fine-tune their integrated pest management strategies to better protect against threats like soybean aphids and Asian soybean rust. Additionally, RegenIQ evaluates the long-term effects of soil conservation practices, such as reduced tillage and crop rotation, on soil fertility and structure, which are crucial for sustaining high soybean yields. By focusing on these specific aspects of soybean production, RegenIQ helps growers enhance both the productivity and sustainability of their operations.

The efforts are a set of indicators to monitor the practices used to impact regenerative agriculture across soil health, water, biodiversity, and climate.

- Residue management
  
  7.3 / 12.1
- Ground cover
  
  6.6 / 11.1
- Organic carbon application
  
  24.4 / 24.4
- Soil Compaction mitigation
  
  12.1 / 12.1
- Crop rotations
  
  17.0 / 24.4
- Tillage management
  
  12.7 / 15.9
Total

80.1 / 100
- Water source
  
  13.3 / 16.7
- Water delivery method
  
  26.6 / 33.3
- Irrigation rate decision method
  
  20.0 / 25.0
- Irrigation power source
  
  12.5 / 25.0
Total

72.4 / 100
- Deforestation avoidance
  
  40.6 / 40.6
- Crop rotations
  
  14.6 / 14.6
- Crop protection
  
  7.5 / 7.5
- Ground cover
  
  12.3 / 15.4
- Nutrient source
  
  11.7 / 14.6
- Buffer strips
  
  5.0 / 7.3
Total

91.7 / 100
- Nutrient rate
  
  31.8 / 31.8
- Nutrient timing
  
  10.0 / 11.1
- Nutrient source
  
  11.1 / 15.9
- Soil pH management
  
  14.8 / 29.6
- Buffer strips
  
  9.3 / 11.6
Total

77.0 / 100

The outcomes are a set of indicators used to monitor sustainability levels and evaluate them against site-specific benchmarks.

- SOC / Clay ratio
  
  16.7 / 16.7
- Permanganate-oxidizable carbon
  
  13.3 / 16.7
- Soil respiration
  
  13.3 / 16.7
- ACE Protein
  
  13.3 / 16.7
- Aggregate stability
  
  10.0 / 16.7
- Earthworms density
  
  10.0 / 16.7
Total

76.6 / 100
- Irrigation water use
  
  33.3 / 100
Total

33.3 / 100
- Beneficial insects diversity
  
  40.0 / 50.0
- Plant species diversity
  
  30.0 / 50.0
Total

70.0 / 100
- N balance
  
  33.3 / 100
- P balance
  
  16.7 / 100
- Yield-scaled CO2 losses
  
  13.3 / 100
Total

63.3 / 100

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