Soybean requires temperatures between 15 - 32°C for germination, but greater temperatures are required for the crop to develop quickly. Rainfall needs for the crop are 60–65 cm annually. The optimum soil is a sandy loam with a high amount of organic materials.

Bihar hairy caterpillar: Spilosoma (Diacrisia) oblique

1. Alternate natural hosts and plants that the hairy caterpillars harbour should be eliminated.
2. Eggs and newly emerging caterpillars should be collected in large quantities and destroyed.

Gram pod borer: Helicoverpa armigera              

1. It is advisable to undertake deep summer ploughing.
2. Place 5 pheromone traps per hectare.
3. quinolphos insecticide, 2ml per lit of water should be sprayed.

Tobacco caterpillar: Spodoptera litura

1. By putting up light and pheromone traps, you can keep an eye on when adult moths start to emerge.
2. Gather egg masses and eliminate
3. Neem oil (2%) Applying 20 lit/ha is recommended.
4. Any of the following pesticides can be sprayed: Quinalphos 25% EC at 1400 ml/ha or imidacloprid 17.8% SL at 100-125 ml/ha

Thrips: Thrips tabaci    

1. Cow dung ash should be dusted and clay suspension should be sprayed.
2. Spray 0.05% quinalphos 25 EC, oxydemeton 25 EC, or dimethoate 30 EC @ 2ml /lit when the crop is 35–40 days old. If necessary, repeat the application after 15 days.

White fly: Bemisia tabaci

1. Cow dung ash should be dusted and clay suspension should be sprayed.

Spray 0.05% quinalphos 25 EC, oxydemeton 25 EC, or dimethoate 30 EC @ 2ml /lit when the crop is 35–40 days old. If necessary, repeat the application after 15 days.

Alternaria Leaf Spot      

1. Use certified healthy seeds.
2. Field agricultural leftovers should be destroyed.
3. Thiram + Carbendazium (2:1) @ 3g/kg seed treatment.
4. To control the disease, use carbendazim 1 g/lit or copper fungicide 2.5 g/l, or Mancozeb.

Cercospora Leaf Blight

1. Use certified healthy seeds.
2. Field agricultural leftovers should be destroyed.
3. Thiram + Carbendazium (2:1) @ 3g/kg seed treatment.
4.  To control the disease, use Carbendazim 1 g/lit or copper fungicide 2.5 g/l, or Mancozeb.

 Frog Eye Leaf Spot

1. Use seeds that are verified or healthy.
2. Rotate soybean with cereals.
3. Clean-plow the field shortly after harvest to completely eliminate plant remains.
4. Treatment of seeds with 2:1 Thiram + 3g/kg Carbendazim.
5. Carbendazim 1g/lit or Mancozeb 2.5g/lit should be sprayed. 

Yellow Mosaic

1. For a period of 30 days, pull out infested plants
2. Methyldemeton 25EC 500 ml/ hectare should be sprayed twice, at 15 and 30 days after planting.

To avoid shattering, it is advised to harvest the soybean crop when the pods become pale yellow.