Thoughts for the 2022 Planting Season
In agriculture today, we’re blessed with some of the highest grain prices on record. Jason Boehler provides his recommendations as you plant this spring.
PODCAST: Soybean Field Observations and Getting Ready for Harvest
Jason Boehler, a 2021 CCA Soy Envoy, joins the podcast this month to share observations he is seeing from the fields as harvest gets [...]
Proper Soybean Staging and Implications for Management
Illinois grows the most bushels of soybeans of any state in the United States. The varieties we typically grow here are called “indeterminate” which [...]
Diagnosing Field Issues in Soybeans
It is that time of year again when spring gives way to summer heat. Crop planting has all but wrapped up across the state, [...]
Pandemic-Induced Supply Chain Issues Still Prevalent
The past 14 months have been extremely tough on all of us. What started as “Two Weeks to Flatten the Curve,” stretched into over [...]
Why Should I Care About Soil Health?
Everywhere you turn, the words “soil health,” “regenerative,” and “sustainable” are buzzing in the agriculture space. There are carbon credit markets, EQIP and CSP [...]
When Should I Harvest My Soybeans?
Four years ago, I entered a field in the Illinois Soybean Association 100-Bushel Challenge. The field was an early planted full-season variety. To say [...]
When to Seed Fall Crops
Here in late August 2020, the days are getting shorter and we’ve been waking up to unseasonably cool morning temperatures that remind us fall [...]
Evaluating Soybean Plots to Set Yourself Up for Success in 2021
If you have lived for very long in an area where soybeans are grown, you’ve likely passed more soybean plots than you care to [...]
Balancing Beneficial Insects in Soybeans
Insects are everywhere. For every man, woman and child on the face of the earth there are 200 million insects. In honor of National [...]