PODCAST: Evaluating Early Season Plant Health
ISA is continuing its ILSoyAdvisor.com podcasts, connecting agronomy experts with Illinois farmers to share their insights, experiences and recommendations on growing high-yielding, profitable soybeans. [...]
Better Season-Long Nutrient Supply In Soybean Is Critical
This article was originally posted by CropLife. Over the last several decades there have been substantial yield improvements in soybean. Because of new varieties [...]
Soybean Growers: Don’t Miss This Opportunity
We want Illinois soybean farmers to be the most knowledgeable and profitable producers in the world, and the checkoff-funded ILSoyAdvisor.com platform was created to [...]
Target-Site vs. Non-Target-Site Resistance: What’s the Difference?
This article was originally posted on Take Action. Weed scientist identifies two types of herbicide resistance farmers should watch for. Herbicide resistance is an [...]
Layered Residual Herbicides Improve Pigweed Species Control
In the battle against Amaranthus spp. weeds, it is important to fight them early and often. Layering residual herbicides is a tool to aid [...]
Has the Cool, Wet Weather This Spring Affected Soybean Nodulation?
It takes 4 to 5 pounds of nitrogen to produce a bushel of soybeans. For example, a 70 bushel-per-acre soybean crop requires about 300 [...]
Combating SCN: Weakening of PI 88788 Resistance
Overreliance on PI 88788 as the major source of genetic resistance has weakened its effectiveness as soybean cyst nematode (SCN) populations continue to evolve. [...]
Wheat Harvest Fast Approaching
An unusual winter leads to the potential for an unusually early wheat harvest in 2017. With the mild, almost spring-like weather in January and [...]
Soybean Planting Tips to Start the Season Right
This article was originally posted by Syngenta's Know More, Grow More agronomy blog Plant early: Typically, most soybeans are planted between late April and early [...]
Impressive Moth Flights across Midwest
Article originally posted on the Bulletin. Impressive moth flights have not only kept the Illinois insect monitoring network cooperators busy, but neighboring states are reporting lots of [...]
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