Managing for Higher Yield – What Pays and What Doesn’t
Farmers make hundreds of decisions every year. Some of them are big and some are small. These decisions all affect the bottom line to differing degrees. Some of them have negligible fiscal repercussions, while some can mean the difference between profit and loss. In my recent Better Beans seminar, I discussed five decisions that farmers make when growing soybeans and their impact on profitability.
Program Application Deadlines
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced deadlines for several program applications in early 2022. Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Agricultural and [...]
Post Harvest Evaluations and Assessments
This article was originally published in the September issue of Illinois Field & Bean. View the article here. Harvest has always been a crowd [...]
Diary of a Soybean – Entry 3
Hi there! Max, your favorite blogging bean is back with a final report on the 2021 growing season.
Using Harvest Aids/Desiccants in Soybeans
Soybean desiccation Soybean desiccation is not a new tool in other parts of the country, it has just not been used in Illinois with [...]
The Importance of Calibrating your Combines and Analyzing Your Yield Data
As harvest nears full swing in the Midwest and farmers are watching the yield data flow in on their monitors, there is little guidance [...]
PODCAST: Soybean Field Observations and Getting Ready for Harvest
Jason Boehler, a 2021 CCA Soy Envoy, joins the podcast this month to share observations he is seeing from the fields as harvest gets [...]
PODCAST: The Value of Planting Soybeans Early
CCA Soy Envoy Randy Niver joins the podcast this month to discuss why planting soybeans earlier in the spring supports higher yields at harvest. [...]
2021 Scouting Report
Early season April - June Although I would love to be everywhere at once, a lot of my scouting for the 2021 season has [...]
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