Agronomy: Answers to Your Soybean Questions
Many of you have heard about the Six Secrets project being conducted by Dr. Fred Below and students at the University of Illinois. Dr. [...]
Agronomy: Benchmarking Soybean Production Practices
Farmers are needed for a regional and state soybean yield benchmarking survey in order to identify what is causing yield gaps on your farm. [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Soybean Advice for Africa
ILSoyAdvisor received a question from Willings Mulendema in Zambia on an article I wrote back in August 2014. He wrote, “This is a very [...]
Agronomy: Growing 100 Bushel Soybeans
Hundred-bushel soybeans are more than just in the realm of possibility today. Quite a few producers have done so officially and unofficially. We know [...]
Agronomy: Pay Attention to Sulfur
Sulfur (S) deficiencies are becoming more commonplace due to less deposits from the atmosphere and higher crop yields. I think it is time to [...]
Agronomy: Seeds Shouldn’t Go Naked
There will be a tendency to cut production costs in 2016. It will be difficult to make a profit on soybeans with projected prices [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Year of Soil Coming to an End
We will soon be leaving 2015 behind us. As a reminder, 2015 has been the International Year of Soil. It is a tribute to our [...]
Agronomy: Soybeans: Responses to Nitrogen Unpredictable
Do soybeans need supplemental nitrogen? Will they ever respond if you apply fertilizer nitrogen? To apply or not apply nitrogen on soybeans is a question [...]
Agronomy: Growing Continuous Beans: Cover Crops
Planting cover crops can lessen the risk of yield drag on second-year soybeans, and planting them after soybean harvest gives you an opportunity to plant [...]
Agronomy: Growing Continuous Beans: Are They Profitable?
With today’s soybean yield expectations, will planting some fields back to soybeans be more profitable than planting a field back to corn? Just might be [...]
