Plant & Soil: Soybean Management Strategies to Facilitate Timely Winter Wheat Establishment
Winter wheat acres across WI have declined over the past few years due to high corn and soybean prices and late grain harvests. As [...]
Agronomy: Applying Starters on Soybeans
So, can you apply a starter fertilizer on soybeans and, if so, what are the rules? Starter fertilizer is a small quantity of nutrients [...]
Agronomy: Termination Covers: Killing Annual Ryegrass can be like Trap Shooting
Properly terminating a cover crop in the spring is as important as properly establishing a cover crop in the fall. Annual ryegrass seems to [...]
Agronomy: How to Manage Lodging Risk
Plant height has been shown to be positively correlated with both yield and lodging. Soybeans can get too tall and lodge. Yet if soybeans [...]
Agronomy: Record Numbers Garner Profitability Tips from 2015 ISA Soybean Summit
BLOOMINGTON, ILL – March 23, 2015 – With concerns about soybean profitability prevalent in 2015, a record number of soybean farmers, crop consultants, agronomists [...]
Agronomy: Online Survey on Soybean Farming Practices
URBANA, Ill. – Soybean farmers who take a ten-minute online survey will help University of Illinois crop scientists and Extension educators to better understand [...]
Agronomy: Spring-Planted Cover Crops
There is a lot of interest in planting cover crops. Obviously, the best time to plant them is after wheat, vegetables or silage because [...]
Agronomy: March Illinois Field & Bean: Editor’s Picks
The March issue of Illinois Field & Bean focuses on weed and disease management -- timely advice as the growing season gets underway. We [...]
Plant & Soil Health: American Soybean Association Backs Neonicotinoid Use
In comments submitted to the U.S. EPA, the American Soybean Association (ASA) disagreed with the conclusions of a recent report from the agency that [...]
Agronomy: Free Cover Crops 101 Video Series Available on YouTube
The Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (C-BMP) has introduced a series of four videos to help answer common questions about working with cover [...]
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