Weeds and Water
When a spring that started off cold and dry turns warm and wet it becomes challenging to stay ahead of weed infestations. The appearance [...]
Yellow Soybeans
Stunted, yellow areas in my soybeans: disease, nutrient deficiency or just too much water? Depending on your circumstances it could be one or all [...]
Impact of Hail Damage on Soybeans
WOW! We are having a lot of thunderstorms coming through our area in June. We have not been in the field for two weeks. [...]
Evaluating Soybean Stands and Determining Replant
Rain has been abundant in Illinois during the month of June. With the large amounts of rain over the last 2 weeks it is [...]
June – a Tough Month of Soybeans
These images of flooding look familiar to you? June has been a very rainy month in southwest Illinois. We will need to replant many [...]
Controlling Volunteer Corn in Soybeans
Lower commodity prices have growers monitoring their inputs more closely than in previous years. Soybean weed control is one of the areas that farmers [...]
Water Damage in Soybeans
Illinois has been plagued with frequent, heavy rains for the past thirty days. Planting was delayed, soybeans had to be replanted and some farmers [...]
Nitrogen Malaise in Soybeans
Late planting, excessive rainfall and wet soils have slowed down soybean growth. And when soybeans are slow out the gate, particularly when soils are [...]
What is better, the planter or the drill?
We have moved away from drilling soybeans in favor of planting. Planting soybeans is really nothing new, and you can say the whole thing [...]
Minimizing In-season Yield Loss
Summer is a season of fun; but for soybean plants, summer can be anything but pleasant. July and August often bring a variety of [...]
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