Checking the Pulse of Nitrogen Fixation
How much nitrogen is your soybean crop capable of fixing? Soybeans fix nitrogen. With soybean yields of 40, 50 or even 60 bushels per [...]
Checking the Pulse of your Soil
Have you checked the health of your soil lately? Checking respiration of your soil is like checking your pulse—indicating your health level, but not [...]
Managing SCN: New Tactic Might be Emerging
Planting wheat and grass cover crops may significantly reduce soybean cyst nematode (SCN) reproduction when planting soybeans into the stubble. Controlling SCN is challenging [...]
Future and Value of Seed Treatments
I received an email about using seed treatments on soybeans from an ILSoyAdvisor reader. “I am currently into soybean farming and wanted to get [...]
Knowing the Xtendimax Label
Monsanto hosted a webinar on “Managing the Roundup Ready® Xtend Crop System in 2017. Presenters were Chris Kamienski, a Monsanto technology development representative and [...]
ILeVO and PPO Interaction
Does ILeVO® have an interaction with soybean pre-emergence herbicides? Yes, there is an increase in phytotoxic symptomology, but there is no impact on stand [...]
BMPs for Double Cropped Beans
Double cropping soybeans is popular in southern Illinois where many producers plant some soybeans after combining wheat. Doubling cropping soybeans isn’t without challenges, which [...]
Soil Phosphorus Measurements
Most soil labs run an extractable phosphorus test and measure extractable P. There are a number of extractants but the most common today is [...]
Marestail control in Soybeans
Marestail is a problematic winter annual weed that is often resistant to glyphosate. But control isn’t as hard as you think and just takes [...]
Do RR2 and Liberty Link Soybeans Still Work?
Weed control has gotten tougher and more complicated over the past 10 years. When Roundup Ready® soybeans were first introduced back in 1996, 20 [...]
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