Agronomy: Survey Says: More Soybeans in 2014
Last month’s ILSoyAdvisor “Quick Poll” asked about your soybean planting intentions for 2014. We’ve tallied the votes, and results reflect recent estimates from the [...]
Health: Keeping Your Soil Engine Humming
Soil is like an engine, helping to drive higher yields and profits. And the investments in making that engine run—seed, fertility, crop protection—aren’t small. [...]
Disease: Stay Safe Handling and Transporting Treated Seeds
Seed treatments offer a host of benefits for getting soybeans off to a strong start. They help preserve the yield potential of your soybean [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Do Soybeans Need Supplemental N?
Are you working to break your previous yield records? If so, you’re probably asking what role fertility plays in helping to reap the rewards [...]
Agronomy: Are You Ready to Take the Challenge?
ISA’s Yield Challenge is a great way to push your soybean production to new levels and experiment with new production practices on your farm. [...]
Agronomy: Take a Look Back to Tap into the Future
Soybeans once flew under the radar. Not anymore. This magical bean has come a long way since its quiet start in Illinois 100 years [...]
Agronomy: Is It Planting Time or Just Planting Fever?
There’s no telling how spring 2014 will go. In 2012, beans were planted very early; in 2013, very late. The important lesson learned is [...]
Disease: Treat Seedlings to a Great Start
Yield potential is never as high as the day your soybeans are planted. Thanks to the advances of modern soybean genetics, soybeans now come [...]
Agronomy: Move Over Corn. It’s the Decade of the Bean.
Corn and soybeans have long been the bread and butter of Midwestern agriculture, yet it seems soybeans still finish second. Illinois growers can raise [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Because You Can’t Do Anything About the Weather
Some years are hot and dry. Some years are cold and wet. Freezes can be too late in the spring or too early in [...]
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