Summer Scouting Important for Top Soybean Yields
Beans got off to a rough start and growers are seeing some unexpected issues pop up. Temperatures across much of Illinois continue to be [...]
Tips for planning and producing a 100-bushel crop.
If you have ever seen the movie Groundhog Day, you may be able to relate to the main character’s constant dilemma, which is being [...]
Calculator Helps Prioritize Road and Bridge Projects
When municipalities are tasked with determining which road and bridge improvement projects should take precedence, it can be a challenge to prioritize. That was [...]
Soybean Nodules and Nitrogen Demand
Are your soybean plants nodulating and fixing nitrogen or do you just assume they are? Nitrogen is 1 of 17 essential elements that all [...]
Making Early Applications in Soybeans
Post applications to promote soybean growth should be timed for optimal efficacy. As growers, we often look for the application timing that is convenient, [...]
Farming with Ephemeral Gullies: Fix It, Don’t Disk It!
“Ephemeral gullies” are small channels that are formed in natural, concentrated water flow areas. They are generally shallow, yet visible, and are normally easily [...]
Seedling Diseases in Soybean More Evident Throughout the State
Article originally posted on the Bulletin. With the storm that moved through the state the past week, it is not surprising that we are [...]
Liberty Application Procedures
The number of acres planted to LibertyLink® soybeans has grown significantly in 2018 and I want to thank all of you who plant LibertyLink [...]
Illinois Soybean Yield Challenge
Why helping with the Illinois Yield Challenge, since its inception in 2009, interested me and why Illinois needed this initiative. After a career in [...]
Volunteer Corn Impacts Yield
So just how much yield loss comes from volunteer corn? In Roundup Ready®, Xtend® or Liberty® beans, volunteer corn from the previous corn crop [...]
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