Are You Storing Soybeans and Corn Properly?
With harvest underway for most producers in the state, the next big challenge is to properly manage logistics to successfully deliver high quality grain [...]
Prepping Now for Challenges Facing the Farm in 2021
Our family grows soybeans in Washington County, Illinois, which is the top winter wheat producing county in the state. We take advantage of the [...]
Q & A with USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Todd Steinacher sat down with Mark Schleusener, an Illinois state statistician with the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), to learn more about the [...]
How is Soybean Harvest Different in 2020?
Q & A with Christy Ford, Grain Originator with CHS Carrollton I’m sure we can all agree that we will be glad when the [...]
Harvest Scouting Priorities
With harvest starting on some early maturing varieties, soybean yields are on a lot of growers’ minds. This year Illinois experienced a large feeding [...]
When Should I Harvest My Soybeans?
Four years ago, I entered a field in the Illinois Soybean Association 100-Bushel Challenge. The field was an early planted full-season variety. To say [...]
PODCAST: A Look Back at the 2020 Growing Season
Randy Niver, CCA Soy Envoy and Asgrow DEKALB Technical Agronomist, is on the podcast this month to review the 2020 soybean growing season. Listen [...]
2020 Growing Season in Review: New Lessons Learned
I think we can all agree every growing season the last few years has been abnormal. But can you teach a seasoned farmer new [...]
Stay Safe This Harvest Season
I know you’re thinking this might be another repetitive article about basic, common sense information. But it’s that very mindset that increases the likelihood [...]
Five Challenges to Evaluate Before Soybean Harvest
With 2020 soybean harvest upon us, we are starting to see several fields turn yellow and soon the results of management practices and how [...]
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