Four Questions About Early Planting Answered
If you have followed any of my work over the past few years, it will come as no surprise that I am an advocate [...]
Prepping Soybean Fields for Next Year
Much of the soybean crop is now harvested and growers are starting to finish up with their corn acres. If they haven’t started already, [...]
Six Things to Consider When Evaluating Plot Data for Variety Selection
With harvest upon us, there will be a lot of plot data circulating to showcase performances. It’s important to understand what type of data [...]
Harvest Time is Go Time … But So is Every Day
Fall harvest is a busy time for farmers. You see a lot of combines and other equipment working in the fields, sometimes around the [...]
Are You Storing Soybeans and Corn Properly?
With harvest underway for most producers in the state, the next big challenge is to properly manage logistics to successfully deliver high quality grain [...]
Prepping Now for Challenges Facing the Farm in 2021
Our family grows soybeans in Washington County, Illinois, which is the top winter wheat producing county in the state. We take advantage of the [...]
Q & A with USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Todd Steinacher sat down with Mark Schleusener, an Illinois state statistician with the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), to learn more about the [...]
How is Soybean Harvest Different in 2020?
Q & A with Christy Ford, Grain Originator with CHS Carrollton I’m sure we can all agree that we will be glad when the [...]
Harvest Scouting Priorities
With harvest starting on some early maturing varieties, soybean yields are on a lot of growers’ minds. This year Illinois experienced a large feeding [...]
When Should I Harvest My Soybeans?
Four years ago, I entered a field in the Illinois Soybean Association 100-Bushel Challenge. The field was an early planted full-season variety. To say [...]
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