Agronomy: Tackett’s Tips for 100+ bu/A Beans
Pay attention to the basics. That’s the advice Eddie Tackett, an Arkansas farmer who regularly grows 100 bushel-per-acre soybeans, shared recently with growers at [...]
Agronomy: Fire Up Soil Quality With Cover Crops
Recent studies show how cover crops benefit soil health, water quality and farmer profits, helping to fuel a renewed interest in using cover crops, [...]
Agronomy: Planning for Soybean Success with Foundation Agronomy
How much attention do you pay to producing soybeans on your farm each season? Do you have a plan that you follow to make [...]
Diagnostics: Planting Soybeans – When Can I Expect to Start?
Cold weather and late winter storms have kept many farmers out of the field later than usual this spring. It is hard to start [...]
Weeds: Time to Take Action on Weeds
Weed control isn’t as easy as it used to be. With the influx of genetic traits, trait stacking and multiple modes of action—not to [...]
Agronomy: Survey Says: More Soybeans in 2014
Last month’s ILSoyAdvisor “Quick Poll” asked about your soybean planting intentions for 2014. We’ve tallied the votes, and results reflect recent estimates from the [...]
Health: Keeping Your Soil Engine Humming
Soil is like an engine, helping to drive higher yields and profits. And the investments in making that engine run—seed, fertility, crop protection—aren’t small. [...]
Disease: Stay Safe Handling and Transporting Treated Seeds
Seed treatments offer a host of benefits for getting soybeans off to a strong start. They help preserve the yield potential of your soybean [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Do Soybeans Need Supplemental N?
Are you working to break your previous yield records? If so, you’re probably asking what role fertility plays in helping to reap the rewards [...]
Agronomy: Are You Ready to Take the Challenge?
ISA’s Yield Challenge is a great way to push your soybean production to new levels and experiment with new production practices on your farm. [...]