Agronomy: Applying Starters on Soybeans
So, can you apply a starter fertilizer on soybeans and, if so, what are the rules? Starter fertilizer is a small quantity of nutrients [...]
Weeds: Soil-Applied Residual Herbicide Options for Soybeans
There are many good reasons to use a soil-applied residual herbicide for soybeans. Producers may want to: Get early-season control of weeds and grasses [...]
Agronomy: Termination Covers: Killing Annual Ryegrass can be like Trap Shooting
Properly terminating a cover crop in the spring is as important as properly establishing a cover crop in the fall. Annual ryegrass seems to [...]
Agronomy: How to Manage Lodging Risk
Plant height has been shown to be positively correlated with both yield and lodging. Soybeans can get too tall and lodge. Yet if soybeans [...]
Agronomy: Record Numbers Garner Profitability Tips from 2015 ISA Soybean Summit
BLOOMINGTON, ILL – March 23, 2015 – With concerns about soybean profitability prevalent in 2015, a record number of soybean farmers, crop consultants, agronomists [...]
Agronomy: Online Survey on Soybean Farming Practices
URBANA, Ill. – Soybean farmers who take a ten-minute online survey will help University of Illinois crop scientists and Extension educators to better understand [...]
Agronomy: Spring-Planted Cover Crops
There is a lot of interest in planting cover crops. Obviously, the best time to plant them is after wheat, vegetables or silage because [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Starter Fertilizer on Soybeans
Do soybeans respond to starter? When should a grower apply starter on soybeans? Is there a risk? There are growers who are successfully using [...]
Disease: WEBINAR: Managing SDS with Proven Strategies and New Tools
Watching out for disease is critical to keeping soybean stress low and to ensuring maximum yields. One of the biggest production constraints in 2014 [...]
Plant & Soil Health: What is the Nutrient Value of Lost Organic Matter by Erosion?
The loss of organic matter and its nutrient value by erosion has significant effect on both the long-term sustainability of the soil nutrient pool [...]
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