Disease Management – Manage White Mold Inoculum Now to Reduce Severity in Future Crops
This summer’s cool and wet weather created conditions favorable for the development of white mold. Consequently, the disease has infected soybean fields across the [...]
Disease Management: Green Stem Soybeans
The challenges for 2015 continue to develop. Another issue growers are facing is green stemed soybeans. There are two distinct types of green stems, [...]
Agronomy: Soybean Conditions in August
Hello from District 2. Soybeans are really starting to change color quickly here in District 2. Temperatures were very high a couple weeks ago [...]
Agronomy: Five Things We Learned in 2015
Now that harvest 2015 has started, let’s look at some of the things we have learned during this growing season. 1. Variety selection is [...]
Agronomy: Harvest Aids Questions as Soybean Harvest Approaches
This year with all the wet weather and a lack of good weed control in many areas, many farmers are asking about using a [...]
Agronomy: Avoid harvesting soybeans too dry
“Avoid harvesting soybeans” too dry is almost a cliché and a seemingly impossible task. Growers try to start combining when beans are 14% or [...]
Agronomy: How to Check when Soybeans are Mature
Soybean maturity and “ready to harvest” are generally not the same thing. Physiologically speaking, soybeans are mature when seed dry matter accumulation is complete. [...]
Agronomy: Biotic Stresses Were Minimal in Soybeans
Seems insect and disease pressure were very minimal in soybeans in 2015. Soybeans are ripening rapidly. And while you may see the occasional green [...]
Plant And Soil Health: Fungi Overactive in the Field
Fungi have been very active this season in some soybean fields. Right now at the University of Illinois Plant Clinic we are seeing samples [...]
Agronomy: Getting Ready for Harvest
You probably have noticed that some fields of soybeans have moved into their end game and are beginning to show some signs of ageing, [...]
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