Setting up Variable Rate Seeding
Is it time to reduce seed costs by adopting variable-rate seeding? This practice has been accepted in corn, but instead of lowering the rate [...]
Sorry Guys, There Are No Magic or Silver Bullets
It’s that time of year again, that time when all the fertilizer, chemical and seed dealers, reps and retailers have their winter meetings. It [...]
Maturity Group Ratings
Are the Maturity Group (MG) ratings we are accustomed to still accurate and do they reflect the maturity of the varieties we should be [...]
Weekly Outlook: Investigating U.S. Soybean Export Potential
On December 9, the USDA released the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report for December. Despite strong U.S. soybean export numbers in the [...]
Soybean Summits Bring Latest Tools and Tips to Local Farmers
The ILSoyAdvisor.com Soybean Summits will bring valuable management resources to local farmers this winter. Funded in part by the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) checkoff [...]
Trapping Phosphate with Gypsum
It’s time to think about applying gypsum in the fall to build soil structure while trapping phosphate on the landscape so it doesn’t end [...]
Got a Hanker to Learn about Soybean Stem Canker?
Symptoms of charcoal rot can be mistaken for symptoms of Diaporthe fungi which cause stem canker and pod and stem blight. The Crop Protection [...]
Optimizing Plant Establishment
A smile at harvest starts with the good decisions you made before and at planting. Like many row crops, soybeans yields will start to [...]
Incorporating Soil Health into your Farming Mantra
It is time for farmers to begin thinking as much about soil health and farming their soil as farming their crop. Doing so will [...]
Webinar: Linking BMP and Water Quality Success in Indian Creek Watershed
The Indian Creek Watershed Project is an innovative approach to voluntary adoption of on-farm conservation systems. Chad Watts, executive director with the Conservation Technology [...]
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