Agronomy: Jenny Mennenga: Central Illinois Postharvest Report
ISA Director and soybean grower Jenny Mennenga farms in McLean and Dewitt counties in central Illinois with her husband Eric. We touched base with [...]
Agronomy: Fall Tillage Considerations
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 [...]
Agronomy: Planting Continuous Soybeans
Planting continuous corn or a long corn and short bean rotation is common and farmers have learned how to manage through the challenges. But [...]
Agronomy: Highway to 100-Bushel Soybeans
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 [...]
Agronomy: Notes from a 100 Bushel Challenge Verifier
This year I assisted in verifying plot results for the 100 Bushel Challenge, a program encouraging soybean producers to experiment with new production techniques. [...]
Agronomy: Soybean management webinar series coming to ILSoyAdvisor.com
Illinois growers are encouraged to attend a new webinar series from the Illinois Soybean Association. The checkoff-funded program will highlight best management practices in [...]
Agronomy: Storing Soybeans
Farmers rarely store many bushels of soybeans. If they have on-farm storage they want to use it for corn. Besides, there has rarely been [...]
Agronomics: Don’t Let Lower Commodity Prices Sway Conservation and Soil Health
I recently have been pondering how the use of cover crops and other conservation practices on Illinois farms is likely to be impacted by [...]
Agronomics: New Calculator Can Help Soybean Farmers with Seed Decisions
How much does growing IP soybeans really cost? ST. LOUIS (September 30, 2014) - Facing lower soybean cash prices this year, farmers are looking [...]
Agronomics: Matching Variety to Soil Type
Soybean varieties perform best when placed in the right environment and soil that they are best adapted to. Seed companies talk about variety placement [...]
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