Dectes Stem Borer and Lodged Soybeans
Originally published in The Bulletin. Many soybean growers have had problems with lodging at harvest this year. The primary culprit for this (as for [...]
Is Your Fuel Winter-Ready?
Postharvest is a good time to check your fuel storage system to avoid common issues and keep equipment running smoothly through cold winter months. [...]
PODCAST: A Look at 2018 Double-Crop Harvest
Description: Aaron Prins, sales agronomist with The Equity in Altamont, Illinois and 2018 CCA Soy Envoy, shares an update on the double-crop wheat and [...]
ASTA Promotes Safe Handling and Storage of Treated Seed During Harvest
As harvest is deep underway across the country, American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) reminds farmers about the importance of taking precautions to ensure treated [...]
2018 Harvest: What Makes the Soybean World Go ‘Round?
October has arrived and the 2018 soybean growing season is wrapping up in Northern Illinois. It’s always interesting, as well as a good idea, [...]
Post Season Soybean Evaluation
Well, most soybean fields have been harvested and it probably felt good to combine that last acre for the season. But your work isn’t [...]
Reaching for 100
The Illinois Soybean Association has been sponsoring the Yield Challenge since 2010. The contest allows growers to compete for the highest soybean yield and [...]
Help! What happened to my stand of soybeans?
Learn to diagnose field problems when they happen. Any agronomist would tell a farmer to scout each field multiple times a year. That is [...]
Illinois Soybean Yield Challenge
Why helping with the Illinois Yield Challenge, since its inception in 2009, interested me and why Illinois needed this initiative. After a career in [...]
Harvesting High Moisture Wheat
If you double-crop soybeans after wheat, consider harvesting the wheat at high moisture. If you double-crop soybeans after wheat and want to increase soybean [...]
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