Agronomy: Yield Challenge Update From Dan Arkels
Dan Arkels, 2015 100 Bushel Challenge Winner, provides an update on his 2016 Yield Challenge field. Aside from insect pressure from bean leaf beetles [...]
Agronomy: Dicamba Misapplication – Or how I learned to love crinkled beans!
In my time as a Soy Envoy for the past two growing seasons I have attempted to give advice in an unbiased way, trying [...]
Agronomy: Weekly Outlook: Too Early to Sell the 2017 Soybean Crop?
Soybean prices during the last five months of the 2015-16 marketing year averaged much higher than during the first seven months of the year. [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Summary of Illinois Soil Tests Shows Potential Loss of Yields
Agronomists and growers need to be aware soil test levels for phosphorus and potassium are declining, as today’s high yields are drawing down more [...]
Agronomy: Field Day Recap: Piecing Together the Yield Puzzle
This post highlights material covered in a breakout session sponsored by BASF at the recent ILSoyAdvisor Field Days. To see other posts in this [...]
Agronomy: A Happy Soybean is a Healthy Soybean
What makes a healthy soybean plant? It’s about what you both see and don’t see. When you want to produce a high-yield crop, pay [...]
Agronomy: A New Soybean Record
I have to acknowledge there is a new national soybean record and it was in Georgia, not necessarily a soybean-friendly environment like Central Illinois. [...]
Agronomy: Part 2: What do you feel is the biggest challenge in raising soybeans?
Last month I switched things up and posed this question to some of my customers (twice) with the general consensus that weed control is [...]
Weed Management: Field Day Recap: Getting Soybeans Off To A Good Start
This post highlights material covered in a breakout session sponsored by Northern Partners Cooperative at the recent ILSoyAdvisor Field Days. To see other posts [...]
Agronomy: Variety Selection
When making next year’s soybean variety decisions, know your fields, recognize potential disease issues, do your variety homework and optimize your agronomy to get [...]
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