Data-Driven Farming can Help Transform the Agriculture Supply Chain
Originally published in the Illinois Field & Bean magazine How can we meet the world’s food needs while respecting the environment? With the population [...]
Soil Testing: Value of Base Saturation
When you or your agronomist sends soil samples to a laboratory, they measure all the bases—include K, Ca, Mg and Na. And not only [...]
WEBINAR: The Bigger Picture – Analyzing Aerial Imagery
Greg Rose, co-founder and vice president of product at IntelinAir, and Ivan Dozier, M.S., senior agronomist, IntelinAir, explore the past, present and future of [...]
Soil Testing Frequency
The first article in my soil testing series, “How often should I test my soil?”, gave a brief history of soil testing and how [...]
Webinar: Soil Health, Soil Respiration and Nutrient Cycling
Will Brinton, Ph.D., explains the importance of various soil tests and how they relate to each other for overall soil health and productivity. He [...]
Reading a Soil Test Report
Reading a soil test report is a good skill to have, even if someone else is writing recommendations. When a soil sample is submitted [...]
How Often Should I Test My Soil?
What is your approach to soil sampling? How often you should sample? Many times, through the years, I have explained the history of soil [...]
Rolling Soybeans
Some growers roll soybeans, but should you consider it? This practice started in western Minnesota and the Dakotas. Growers would roll fields after planting [...]
Webinar: Why Soil Sampling Is Important For High Yielding Soybeans
Terry Wyciskalla, with Wyciskalla Consulting, LLC, describes how to collect a soil sample, identify spatial patterns to follow, the range of tests to consider, [...]
Is your planter a money maker or money pit?
Your yield potential is greatest on the day you put the seed in the ground. Your planter plays a significant role in reaching that [...]
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