Agronomy: Lodged Wheat: The Double-Crop Nightmare
To say that Southern Illinois has been blessed with rain this spring is an understatement. Here at our farm we have had over 9 inches [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Value of Soybean Tissue Testing for Phosphorus and Potassium
BackgroundSoil testing is a useful and commonly used diagnostic tool for making phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilization decisions. Tissue testing has been suggested for [...]
Insect Management: Early Scouting for Disease and Insects
Growers or their agronomists should start scouting fields beginning with emergence and assessing plant stands and early weed emergence and identification in May. In doing [...]
Agronomy: What big data might mean for soybean productivity
Big data gives you the ability to capture information you can use to make decisions that improve the yield and profitability of your soybean crop. [...]
Weed Management: Postemergence Options to Control Waterhemp in Soybean
Waterhemp continues to be one of the most widespread and troublesome broadleaf weed species with which Illinois farmers must contend. Factors related to the species’ [...]
Disease Management: 2016 Forecast for Sudden Death Syndrome in Early Planted Soybeans
Many are all too aware of Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS). We usually don’t worry about this disease until later in the season, when we can [...]
Agronomy: When Do Soybeans Start to Flower?
Dan Arkels, 100-bushel Yield Challenge winner in 2014, planted his Yield Challenge entry April 17, 2016. These plots are already flowering. It might seem sort [...]
Agronomy: Improve Control of Giant Ragweed with New ‘Focus on Soybean’ Webcast
Giant ragweed, if left unchecked, will compete with slower growing soybean plants for critical resources and can significantly reduce yield, with losses reaching as [...]
Podcast: Bioreactors
University of Illinois Assistant Professor of Water Quality, Laura Christianson, Ph.D., goes in-depth on bioreactors. Bioreactors are an edge-of-field filtration system that reduce the [...]
Disease Management: Could this be the year for Asian Soybean Rust?
We have never had a major breakout of Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) in the United States. Sure, it has been spotted numerous times on kudzu, [...]
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