PODCAST: Protecting Soybean Pod Fill
Cody Pettit, CCA Soy Envoy and Pioneer field agronomist, joins the podcast this week to discuss soybean growth stages and how to protect pod [...]
Understanding Plant Hormones in Soybeans
As agronomists or producers, it’s our responsibility to understand how to properly manage a soybean crop for a given field’s conditions each season. Our [...]
Dry Conditions and Yield Predictions
We know what happens when soybeans are planted in dry conditions, they simply cannot germinate. That has not been the case this past spring, [...]
Why Does Disease Management Matter?
I’m sure several people have seen ground applicators, planes and helicopters spraying fungicides on corn and soybean fields across Illinois. Usually the next few [...]
Conservation of Natural Enemies of Insect Pests
This article was originally published on the Soybean Research & Information Network, a checkoff funded website. Conservation biological control is protecting the natural enemies [...]
Evaluating Soybean Plots to Set Yourself Up for Success in 2021
If you have lived for very long in an area where soybeans are grown, you’ve likely passed more soybean plots than you care to [...]
All About Nodules
What do they do? Soybeans are self-sufficient in their ability to fixate a large percentage of their own nitrogen, a unique ability provided to [...]
Herbicide Active Ingredients – A Deeper Dive
Herbicide active ingredients are the components of a formulation employing phytotoxicity on targeted weed species. Most herbicide labels list active ingredient and inert elements [...]
Consider Livestock Feed Value When Selecting Soybean Varieties
On a recent Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) trade mission I sat down with a soybean buyer in Bangkok, Thailand, anticipating a friendly and productive [...]
Stink Bugs
This article was originally published on the Soybean Research & Information Network, a checkoff funded website. In southern states, stink bugs collectively are the [...]
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