You Don’t Always Need Maintenance Fertilizer
IL Soy Envoy Kelly Robertson, CCA, highlights the importance of understanding soil nutrient levels, urging farmers that maintenance fertilizer may not be needed. This practice can lead to cost savings and benefit the environment.
Lime Quality Matters When Adjusting Soil pH
In this video, IL Soy Envoy Kelly Robertson shares information on the long-term benefits of proper pH management for corn and soybean crops. Learn how adjusting soil pH with limestone can boost yields, enhance nutrient uptake, improve weed control, and increase herbicide effectiveness.
The Hidden Power of Lime: Why pH Matters to Production
Fixing soil pH is the simplest and most cost-effective way to boost yields, control weeds, enhance fertilizer efficiency, and improve soil and plant health. IL Soy Envoy Kelly Robertson explains how to address the pH problems in your fields.
Soil Saturation Sorrow
Southern Illinois has experienced significant rainfall recently. How does this excess moisture affect the soil? Kelly Robertson from Precision Crop Services LLC and IL Soy Envoy provides some observations.
Patience & Planning: Key Preparations for Getting Back to Field Work
With some areas still grappling with rain delays, saturated soils, and a lack of planting progress, IL Soy Envoy Kelly Robertson shares a few thoughts on the tough situation many farmers are facing and offers some advice that might help while they wait to get back into the fields.
Early Soybean Planting Success
Kelly Robertson, Owner of Precision Crop Services and ILSoyAdvisor Soy Envoy, discusses field conditions for planting soybeans early and the factors that can potentially reduce yields. He examines various scenarios and shares insights from planting into different soil conditions.
Harvest to High Yields: Combine Residue’s Impact on Wheat and Double Crop Soybeans
High yield for wheat and double crop soybeans starts now with the combine. Illinois Soybean Association Soy Envoy, Kelly Robertson, shares insight into preparing the combine to roll through the field and residue management for timely and even emergence of wheat and double crop soybeans.
Soybean Height Is Not an Indicator of Growth Stage
ISA Soy Envoy, Kelly Robertson, compares two soybean plants from the same field and demonstrates how height is not a good indicator of growth stage.
Shorter Corn this Year?
Have you observed shorter corn this year? ISA Soy Envoy, Kelly Robertson, shares several factors that can lead to shorter-than-normal corn and how it impacts yield.
Corn Pollination Progress
ISA Soy Envoy, Kelly Robertson, reports on corn pollination from southern Illinois and shares concern about the heat and delayed silk emergence.
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