Agronomy: High Yield Soybeans — A Cure for Low Market Prices?
While higher yield overall is one of the “causes” of low soybean market prices, for the individual farmers, increasing yields is an important “cure” [...]
Disease Management: FAQs on ILeVO
ILeVO® is another solution for controlling Sudden Death Syndrome. It joins rotation, variety tolerance, drainage and delayed planting as another management option and growers [...]
Agronomy: Soybean Inoculants: How to get the most bang for your buck
Today’s soybean inoculants are not the same as years past. The advancement and introduction of new products, low relative prices and changes to soybean [...]
Weed Management: Have you been tracking weed pressure in your fields over the last few years?
Are you seeing any weeds becoming more problematic in your fields? It is my hope that weed management in your fields is improving and [...]
Agronomy: Soybeans: A Season Long Commitment
Most farmers I know work like dogs from the first dry day in March through the time corn is “laid by,” usually around the [...]
Disease Management: Foliar Fungicide May Have Provided Yield Increase to Soybeans
We have conducted numerous studies over the last 10 years on soybean seeding rates. In almost all instances, we rarely observed a response to rates [...]
Agronomy: Wondering about Profitability? Let’s Run the Numbers
We all know that this year is going to be a year of managing risk and production costs. We always face a risk when farming, [...]
Agronomy: Soil Conditions for Planting
Been quite this spring in Illinois. Spring came early in March, but then disappeared for a few weeks when it turned cold, snowy and wet. [...]
Agronomy: Webinar: IFCA Video – Phosphorus Runoff Study
The Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association's Annual Convention took place from January 19-21 in Peoria. The IL CCA and NREC session featured the presentation Phosphorus Runoff from Surface and Subsurface [...]
Agronomy: WEBINAR: Soybean Profitability Under Low Commodity Prices
In the current low-price environment, it is becoming increasingly important for farmers to take steps to ensure they are profitable this growing season and [...]
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