Wheat Yield Winners Offer Double-Crop Management Tips
Double-cropping wheat and soybeans is a popular strategy in parts of Illinois. Farmers who won the Illinois Wheat Association’s (IWA) 2020 yield contest recently [...]
When in Doubt, Assume it will be a Record in 2021
It looks like 2021 will be a banner year when it comes to crop statistics. Guy Allen, senior economist with Kansas State University International [...]
Double Crop Strategies Bring Challenges and Rewards
Double cropping is a way for farmers to get the most out of their land. Using a double crop strategy can be difficult but [...]
Warm Fall Weather Leads to Increase in Wheat Planting
As we approach the last week of October, most of the wheat seeding is complete in Illinois and as we count acres, wheat planting [...]
Wheat-Double-Crop Soybeans Competitive with Corn
This article was originally published on the farmdoc Daily website by Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson and Carl Zulauf. As wheat planting season approaches, we [...]
Wheat Quality Considerations
The wheat crop in southern Illinois has been through a lot since last fall but has seemed to persevere, and the yield outlook is [...]
2019 Double-Crop Soybeans Are “East Bound and Down”
In the Jerry Reed song “East Bound and Down” from the movie "Smokey and the Bandit" part of the chorus is “we have a [...]
Doubling Down on Double-Crop
Soil Health Action Plan: Crop rotation is an important piece of David Droste’s nutrient management plan Wheat, cover crops and no-till practices help preserve [...]
Double-Crop Conference
The Double-Crop Conference, hosted by the Illinois Wheat Association and the Illinois Soybean Association, was held on January 31st, 2019, in Mount Vernon, Illinois, [...]
Double-Crop Conference
Double-cropping soybeans after wheat or other crops is a popular rotation that is more profitable than a single crop like corn. This rotation is [...]
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