Join the Race: Enter the Yield Challenge
Interested in breaking your own soybean yield record, breaking the 100-bushel ceiling or just seeing if a new package of technologies improves your soybean [...]
Managing Late Planted Soybean
Soybean can be planted later than corn and not suffer the same level of yield loss. Nevertheless the ideal time to plant soybeans is [...]
Agronomy: Thoughts on Wheat Harvest Part-2: Residue control
Once your combine is clean inside and out and you’ve done your due diligence to insure that we are not spreading unwanted weed seed [...]
Agronomy: 2015 Brings New Challenges to Illinois Soybean Growers
My name in Jim Nelson and I am ISA Yield Challenge Marketing Coordinator. I have been with the Yield Challenge since the beginning, but [...]
Agronomy: Planting Progress in West Central Illinois
I live and farm out in West Central Illinois and the spring got off to a good start for both corn and soybeans. Soybean [...]
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: Replanting Soybeans Decision
So when should you replant soybeans? This is not a common practice if you plant when soil conditions are right and don’t experience a [...]
Agronomy: Planting Soybean in Dry Conditions
When it comes to farming in Illinois we usually don’t think about it being dry in the spring. It is usually the opposite: too [...]
Agronomy: Soybean Planting Progress
As I am writing this update it is 55 degrees and cloudy with 33 mph gusts. It sure does not feel like spring and [...]
Agronomy: Trans Update: Basis and River Freight Reports
Did you know that over the recent couple of years, as much as 43 – 44% of soybeans grown in Illinois are exported? Efficient [...]
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