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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Are you in the habit of treating soybeans as the underdog on your farm? In the Midwest, soybean are often viewed as JUST a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A recent report in the scientific journal Nature said changes in climate are costing U.S. producers $11 billion in lost yield. The report, titled “Climate-induced [...]

ISA Director and soybean grower Jenny Mennenga farms in McLean and Dewitt counties in central Illinois with her husband Eric. We touched base with [...]

Tillage is a popular practice across much of Illinois and it still has its place in a high-yield management system. It also simplifies other [...]

It is well known that Dan Arkels, a LaSalle County grower, was the first grower in Illinois to break the 100-bushel yield barrier and [...]