Plant and Soil Health: Soybeans and Nitrogen Cycling
Back in May 2015 I posted a blog titled “N on Beans: A Different Perspective.” I suggested that the reason soybeans don’t consistently respond [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Micro and Secondary Nutrients on Soybeans: What’s the story?
Recently, I read an article published by a well-respected group of academic researchers on the effects of micronutrients applied to soybeans. Their results showed [...]
Agronomy: Getting The Most Out of Your Acres
Another alternative to planting corn is double cropping soybeans after wheat. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, once said “Your time is limited so [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Consider Applying Boron on Soybeans
Soybean yield is related to pod and seed set per acre. And soybeans have a whole lot of growing points leading to branching and [...]
Agronomy: Soy Summit: Peoria
The second 2016 Soybean Summit continued to build on Illinois Soybean Association’s goal of gaining more yields with 199 soybean farmers gathering in Peoria, [...]
Agronomy: Continuous Beans: Are soybeans after soybeans profitable?
Recent analysis suggests that soybeans have been more profitable than corn in Illinois from 2013 to 2015, and there is a reasonable chance that [...]
Agronomy: Surprising Strength in Soybean Prices
The U.S and world soybean situation continues to be one of surplus. The USDA's WASDE report of March 9 projected 2015-16 marketing year ending stocks of [...]
Agronomy: Soy Summit: Effingham
With a mission of gaining more yield, 250 soybean farmers converged in Effingham, Illinois on Friday, January 29, for this year’s first Soybean Summit. [...]
Agronomy: Risks of Saving and Replanting Roundup Ready® Soybean Seed from Harvest
Recently, with the expiration of the U.S. patent of the original Roundup Ready soybean trait (RR1) in 2014 and the third party patent in [...]
Agronomy: Spring Wheat Management – Time to Pay Attention
As we approach Easter here at the end of March the wheat crop across southern Illinois looks very good on the whole. Planting right [...]
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