Agronomy: Planting Continuous Soybeans
Planting continuous corn or a long corn and short bean rotation is common and farmers have learned how to manage through the challenges. But [...]
Agronomy: Managing Crop Residue
Producers plant soybeans either back into cornstalks or wheat stubble—both very high residue crops that can present some special challenges for the next crop. [...]
Agronomy: Highway to 100-Bushel Soybeans
It is well known that Dan Arkels, a LaSalle County grower, was the first grower in Illinois to break the 100-bushel yield barrier and [...]
Agronomy: Soybeans Require Sulfur
Do soybeans respond to sulfur? That is a question that has been on my mind recently. Do we really know if they do, and [...]
Agronomy: Storing Soybeans
Farmers rarely store many bushels of soybeans. If they have on-farm storage they want to use it for corn. Besides, there has rarely been [...]
Diagnostics: Analyzing Yield Data – Using the Technology to Learn More (Part II)
Watching a yield monitor and collecting yield data is easy and it’s easier than ever to transfer it to a computer and through a [...]
Plant & Soil Health: How Does Gypsum Benefit the Soil?
As a part-time farmer I am an advocate of gypsum because I have seen it change the nature of soil. As an agronomist, however, [...]
Agronomics: Time to Track Compaction
Is compaction an issue on your farm and is it limiting yield? Compaction limits root growth, soil porosity, water movement and water holding capacity [...]
Agronomics: Matching Variety to Soil Type
Soybean varieties perform best when placed in the right environment and soil that they are best adapted to. Seed companies talk about variety placement [...]
Agronomics: Keying in on Phosphorus Availability
Most phosphate goes on in the fall as dry material and either as MAP (monoammonium phosphate) or DAP (diammonium phosphate)—often blended with potash (potassium [...]
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