The 2001 Northeast Texas Soybean Variety Trial was conducted in Brookston, TX. The soil had pH 8.1 and consisted of 13% sand, 39% silt, 48% clay, and 1.2% organic matter. The plot area received 20 lbs. N/acre, 30 lbs P/acre, and 5 lbs Zn/acre before planting (N was only applied because the P source was ammonium phosphate, 18-46-0). Forty-eight soybean cultivars were planted on 20 April 2001 using untreated seed (except for the DeltaKing entries). Plots were 20 feet long and 8 rows wide using 14-inch rows (plot area was approximately 187 sq. ft.). Seeding rate was 5 per foot or about 187,000 seed per acre but final stands were about 4 per foot or 149,000 plants per acre. Seed were inoculated with Cell-Tech 2000 liquid inoculant less than five minutes before planting. The experiment was a split-plot with three replicates. Main plots were herbicide treatment and subplots were cultivars. The herbicide treatments were Roundup (glyphosate) only or conventional herbicide. Roundup was applied on 9 May and 2 June at 1 pint/acre. For the conventional herbicides, Scepter (imazaquin) and Dual (metolachlor) was applied pre-emerge on 21 April May at 1.4 ounces/acre and 1.5 pints/acre, respectively, followed by Fusilade DX (fluazifop-P-butyl) at 0.71 pints/acre on 18 May. Asana XL and Lorsban was applied to all plots on 7 July at 0.5 pints/acre and 1 pint/acre to control grasshoppers. Rain was plentiful through June 30, but rainfall in July and August was sparse. In September and October, a rainy and cooler weather pattern rolled into northeast Texas providing some yield help for the late maturing varieties . All plots were end trimmed to 11 feet and most varieties were harvested within a week of growth stage R8 (defined as the maturity date). The center four rows from each plot were harvested with a mechanical plot harvester. Seed moisture was determined on representative plots and weights were adjusted to 13% moisture.