PODCAST: Harvest Report from Central Illinois
Despite low expectations, many growers saw above average yields this season, usually between 50 and 70 bu/ac. Lance Tarochione, CCA, provides an in-depth explanation [...]
WEBINAR: Lessons from a Surprising Season
Emerson Nafziger, Ph.D., professor of crop sciences and extension agronomist at the University of Illinois, highlights the weather patterns that producers saw throughout Illinois [...]
Agronomy: Profitability Matters: Cutting $100 per Acre in Soybeans
2015 delivered a tough growing season for many Illinois farmers, and lower soybean prices to follow. For incomes to increase in 2016, either commodity [...]
Agronomy: Harvest Report from Southern Illinois
In southern Illinois, most soybeans were planted by the time the wet weather arrived this year. 2015 still held some major challenges for soybean [...]
Agronomy: Post Season Soybean Evaluation
When it comes to producing high-yield soybeans, knowing the details count. By now most fields of full-season soybeans have been harvested. It probably felt [...]
Agronomy: Soybean Conditions in August
Hello from District 2. Soybeans are really starting to change color quickly here in District 2. Temperatures were very high a couple weeks ago [...]
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, [...]
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