Agronomy: Harvest Aids Questions as Soybean Harvest Approaches
This year with all the wet weather and a lack of good weed control in many areas, many farmers are asking about using a [...]
Agronomy: Avoid harvesting soybeans too dry
“Avoid harvesting soybeans” too dry is almost a cliché and a seemingly impossible task. Growers try to start combining when beans are 14% or [...]
Agronomy: How to Check when Soybeans are Mature
Soybean maturity and “ready to harvest” are generally not the same thing. Physiologically speaking, soybeans are mature when seed dry matter accumulation is complete. [...]
Agronomy: Getting Ready for Harvest
You probably have noticed that some fields of soybeans have moved into their end game and are beginning to show some signs of ageing, [...]
Soybean Report for Southeast Illinois
Here in southern Illinois it feels like a brisk fall day, the temperature at 7:00 a.m. was 55 degrees. I hope we aren’t setting [...]
Soybean Conditions in August
Hello from District 2. Soybeans in my area are coming along nicely, but it didn’t always look so good for them. Two weeks ago [...]
Determining Final Yield in Beans
It’s August and that is when soybeans make yield. Soybeans are at late R4 (ending pod set) or R5 (beginning seed set). Everyone knows [...]
Essentials for High-Yield Soybeans
Are you in the habit of treating soybeans as the underdog on your farm? In the Midwest, soybean are often viewed as JUST a [...]
Weeds: Thoughts on Wheat Harvest Part-1: Weed Seed Control
I can’t plant soybeans in the rain, so I am thinking about planting my double-crop beans. That job is still far off in some [...]
Agronomy: Soybean Yield Drivers
Management, more than inputs, is still the key to higher soybean yields, according to the latest USB-funded university research. “You can’t buy higher yields; you still [...]