Agronomy: Harvesting Soybeans – Combining Basics, Sources of Harvest Loss
Combining soybeans is about harvesting soybeans at optimal moisture to capture the most bushels while reducing harvesting losses. It is also about making sure [...]
Agronomics: Harvest Considerations for Variable Soybean Maturity
Variable soil types, knolls, flooding and drought have left many growers with extreme in-field variability of soybean maturity. There are areas in fields where [...]
Agronomics: Don Guinnip: Southern Illinois Preharvest Report
ILSoyAdvisor.com is reaching out to farmers across the state to get their preseason harvest predictions and postharvest reflections. Southern Illinois Preharvest Report Don Guinnip, [...]
Agronomics: SoyCam.com: September Rains Help Bring Soybeans to Maturity
Earlier this year SoyCam.com—funded by the Illinois soybean checkoff—started following five Illinois soybean growers. These growers have been documenting this year’s farming operations and processes [...]
Agronomics: Continuous Soybean Management Considerations
There are some farmers who are considering growing more soybeans next year and may have some continuous soybean rotations. There are a few management [...]
Agronomics: Arkels: Overcoming obstacles in the Yield Challenge
We’re following soybean farmer and repeat Yield Challenge participant Dan Arkels as he works toward winning the 100 Bushel Challenge. When we last checked [...]
Agronomics: Cover Crops: Imitating Life on the Prairie
Adding cover crops to their crop rotation can help growers improve their soil health, explained David Hammer, Ph.D., professor of Soil Genesis, University of [...]
Agronomics: How to Prevent Soybeans from Shattering During Harvest
Don't forget to pay attention to potential shattering as you get ready to harvest. Harvestability of soybeans means the combination of when the vegetative [...]
Agronomics: When to Harvest Soybeans
It’s fairly easy to predict corn maturity and harvest since development follows a calendar determined by temperature. Soybeans aren’t as easy, and with some [...]
Agronomics: Harvest 2014: Understanding Moisture
Soybean harvest has already commenced in Southern Illinois in some fields with early Group 2 varieties, but most fields aren’t ready yet. Because some [...]
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