Soil Testing: Value of Base Saturation
When you or your agronomist sends soil samples to a laboratory, they measure all the bases—include K, Ca, Mg and Na. And not only [...]
Farms Under Threat: the State of America’s Farmland
The United States is blessed with a remarkably productive agricultural landscape. Cropland, pastureland, rangeland, and woodland support a regionally diverse food and farming system [...]
Replant Considerations: Checklist for Coming Back from Calamity
Down at the local co-op, farm store, or coffee shop, there’s always one guy who, when asked if done with planting, answers, “Yeah, at [...]
Soybean Fields or Swingin’ Hips
After the planter is parked for the season it is time to make observations of emerging and developing crop. Early scouting trips provide a [...]
Seeing Iron Deficiency
Iron deficiency is not as common in Illinois as other parts of the Corn Belt, particularly in states like the Dakotas, Nebraska, Western Minnesota [...]
Early Soybean Scouting
ILeVO Halo Effect The Halo effect is associated with ILeVO-treated soybean seed. Regardless of the halo severity on early leaves, stand is not affected, [...]
Identifying Troublesome Broadleaf Weeds in Soybeans
It’s been a fast and furious spring here in south-central Illinois. The first half of April was a wash and what seemed to be [...]
The Art & Science of Soy Planting
The decision about when to plant a soybean field is very important, because it will set the stage for how well the crop emerges [...]
Adopt an Early Wheat System for Double-Crop Soybeans
If you double-crop soybeans after wheat, and want to your soybean crop to yield respectably, you must manage the previous wheat crop and the [...]
Diptera, Lepidoptera and Coleoptera—OH MY!
Scouting for early season soybean insect pests is beneficial in determining if your pre-planting management strategies are working as expected. Many growers are wisely [...]
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