Using drone-based imagery to manage soybeans
Can we use drones to better manage our soybean crop? We think so and intend to set out to validate it through a case study [...]
Agronomy: First-Round Scouting
Hopefully you got your soybeans planted during your desired window and into good soil conditions. Your next task is to scout for emergence, emergence consistency [...]
Agronomy: Impact of Saturated Soils on Seedling Survival
So you got your beans planted—then it rained and rained and now you’re wondering how your crop “stands?” Or how soybean seeds and emerging seedlings [...]
Agronomy: Planting Priorities
Planting corn or soybeans first, how to prioritize and does it really make a difference? Waiting after corn planting is done until May 1 to [...]
Agronomy: Selecting the Right Soybean Variety
Now that the planting season is upon us, do you feel that you made the best variety selection for greatest profitability? Agronomists and growers have [...]
Insect Management: The Reality of Neonics as a Seed Treatment
Soybean seed treatments now routinely include a fungicide (usually 2 or 3) and an insecticide. The most common insecticides used come from the neonicotinoid chemistry [...]
Disease Management: SDS Control Now Comes On The Seed
Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) is a major soybean disease in Illinois and across the Corn Belt—flare-ups are still unpredictable and can be especially devastating. [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Soybeans and Nitrogen Cycling
Back in May 2015 I posted a blog titled “N on Beans: A Different Perspective.” I suggested that the reason soybeans don’t consistently respond [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Consider Applying Boron on Soybeans
Soybean yield is related to pod and seed set per acre. And soybeans have a whole lot of growing points leading to branching and [...]
Agronomy: Applying a Starter is Doable
I got an email from a grower in northern Illinois this past Christmas. He was concerned that if he applied an in-furrow starter in [...]
