Impact of Delayed Planting on Soybeans
As rain and cool conditions have delayed planting for many growers across Illinois and the Midwest, I’ve been having more than a few conversations [...]
PODCAST: Delayed Planting Impacts Soybean Growers
Soybean agronomist, Dan Davidson, shares his insights on the impact an unusually wet Winter and Spring will have on the 2019 planting and growing [...]
Preparing Seedbeds for Soybeans
For much of the state of Illinois, planting has been delayed due to seemingly perpetual rain and wet conditions. Hopefully there will be a [...]
Should I change to an Earlier Maturity Corn Hybrid?
Every soybean producer in Illinois is also a corn producer. And one of the commonalities about farming in Illinois is that sometimes it will [...]
Is there a perfect soybean plant?
The question: Is there a perfect soybean plant and did you pick the perfect plant type this season? The answer: In today’s modern soybean [...]
New Uses for Soy Hulls
When soybeans are crushed, the three end products are oil, meal (protein) and hulls. And of the three, soy hulls have the least value. [...]
Soybean Planting Date: Cussed, Re-cussed, and Discussed
Soybean planting date. Plant early. What’s early? February? March? Before corn? Simultaneously with corn? These questions and many, many more come up in discussion [...]
When Planting Early does More Harm than Good
Every meeting this winter presenters talked about planting soybeans early. We must remember that the first major factor in raising any crop is the [...]
Five Tips to Better Manage Soybeans-Following-Soybeans
Although the USDA has forecasted corn acres to be up in 2019, there will no doubt continue to be some acres of soybeans-following-soybeans. For [...]
What’s the Measure of Soybean Success
What technologies should farmers adopt to obtain the next incremental soybean yield gains after they have done everything else right? That was the question [...]
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