Dropping Seeding Rates
Many growers can save money by dropping soybean seeding rates in 2018. We have seen a big decline in soybean seeding rates over the [...]
Will soybeans respond to sulfur?
Sulfur (S) is becoming a more deficient nutrient, following phosphorus and potassium. Alfalfa and corn producers are already adding sulfur into their fertility program. [...]
Treating Seed is Even More Important Today
Soybean seed treatment adoption continues to expand and become a more important decision, what has changed? This week I supported a retail customer by [...]
Food for Thought
In two months both your physical and mental activities will turn to focusing on planting your 2018 soybean crop, so now is the time [...]
Time to Think About Frost and Spring Seeding
Common frost seeding practices: Under-seeding small grains (generally red or mammoth clover) can be put on with spring nitrogen applications Thicken pastures, hay fields [...]
Illinois Soybean Yields are Growing by Leaps and Bounds!
You probably recently read the press release announcing Illinois as the No. 1 soybean producing state in the U.S. once again. And for a [...]
Monitoring Compositional Quality
If you grow soybeans you are selling pounds of oil and pounds of protein, not bushels. End users buy either oil, protein or the [...]
Have you checked your grain bins lately?
Managing soybeans doesn’t end with combining. If you have stored them on-farm, you need to continue to manage them. As the winter weather continues [...]
Understanding Test Weight
When we deliver grain, the elevator runs moisture and test weights. For corn and wheat, these measurements can impact price and lead to price [...]
2017 Illinois Yield Challenge Winners Announced; 100-Bushel Yields Continue
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. December 18, 2017—Several soybean growers topped 90 bushels per acre (bu/A) in the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) checkoff program’s annual Yield Challenge [...]
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