White mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) is a disease frequently found in high yield potential soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Soybean producers who adopt management techniques to maximize yield are often penalized by this disease. Several factors responsible for the onset of white mold relate to how we manage soybean canopy closure. A dense canopy provides an environment that enhances white mold pathogen development. Canopy is influenced by plant health, narrow row spacings, high plant populations, high fertility, early planting dates, and sometimes herbicide tolerant varieties that do not succumb to postemergent herbicide “setback” by burning canopy foliage. Essentially, all practices that promote rapid and aggressive soybean plant growth will encourage rapid canopy closure.