Agronomy: Free Cover Crops 101 Video Series Available on YouTube
The Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (C-BMP) has introduced a series of four videos to help answer common questions about working with cover [...]
Agronomy: Trying to Guarantee Profitability
Commodity prices are low and the outlook for significant increases is dim. So remaining profitable is the challenge growers will face in 2015. In [...]
Agronomy: Should We Be Using Soybean Maturity Group as a Tool for Variety Selection?
Over the last decade I have noticed a subtle shift across much of the northern soybean growing region towards planting later maturity group soybeans. [...]
Agronomy: Do You Use Seed Treatments?
Seed treatments can help protect soybean seeds and seedlings against a wide range of yield-threatening insects and diseases. At the critical early-growth stage, added [...]
Weeds: Problem Weeds
Weed control in soybeans can be a challenge today. Growers are dealing with a number of weeds that are resistant to some herbicide families [...]
Agronomy: PODCAST: Choosing Soybean Varieties for a Successful 2015 Crop
Choosing soybean varieties with the best combination of traits will be key to a successful 2015 crop. In this podcast, Jeremy Hogan,technical marketing agronomist [...]
Weeds: Managing Waterhemp
Waterhemp will continue to be a top weed challenge for many Illinois growers in 2015, according to Mark Bernards, assistant professor of agronomy, crop [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Lessons Learned at the Conservation Cropping Seminar
Are you curious about cover crops or want to learn more about more efficient nutrient management? With more interest in soil health, the Champaign [...]
Agronomy: Narrow-Row Beans
Narrow-row beans once were going to revolutionize soybean production, but have we backslid? Personally, I think the evidence is clear that maybe 6 to 7 [...]
Agronomy: What To Do When Switching Back to Soybeans
What you need to know when switching back to beans. Commodity prices favor growing more soybeans, and this could mean more producers in Illinois will [...]
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