Assessing water damage to emerged soybeans
Information to help soybean producers assess yield losses associated with ponded or waterlogged fields. Frequent and heavy rains have created waterlogged and ponded areas [...]
Wet Weather: Flooding, Poor Nodulation, and Disease Concerns
The forecast for the coming week is for continued rain and in many cases this will fall on already saturated soils across the northern [...]
Trans Update: Basis & Rail Reports
Did you know that over the past couple of years as much as 43 – 44% of soybeans grown in Illinois were exported? Efficient [...]
SEX, DRUGS, ROCK AND ROLL. A 1970’s version of Soybean production!
As we all know, the average American Farmer is 57 years old; this means those growers graduated high school in 1976, a very uninhibited [...]
ILSoyAdvisor Field Days: Coming to a Field near You
You know and follow the ILSoyAdvisor.com blog—now mark your calendars because the experts from ILSoyAdvisor.com are coming to a soybean field near you. ISA [...]
Get to the Root of the Problem: An Easy Way to Check for SCN
The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) was first discovered in Iowa more than 35 years ago, in Winnebago County in 1978 to be specific. The [...]
Factors Affecting Early Season Growth
Growers, or the agronomist they work with, should have a plan to scout fields each month of the summer. This includes walking a field [...]
Early Season Soybean Injury Does Not Always Translate into Yield Loss
Last year, we had more soybean injury from pre-emergence herbicides than I’ve ever seen. It was an epidemic that many farmers across the state [...]
Two Webinars Now in Plant Management Network Ed Center
Recordings of two live seminars co-hosted by The American Phytopathological Society (APS) and USDA's Office of Pest Management Policy are now featured in PMN's [...]
Evaluate Late Emerging Soybeans
Most soybeans got planted in May and even during the last week of the month with remnants being planted in early June. Frequent rains [...]
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