Ninth Annual No-Till Operational Benchmark Study
No-tillers hit new yield records across the board No-tilled soybean yields climbed to new highs in 2016, while most U.S. regions saw better yields [...]
Planting date for corn and soybeans in Illinois
This article originally appeared on theBulletin. Relatively dry weather in recent weeks throughout much of Illinois and an early start to fieldwork might provide [...]
Podcast: How Do You Win in Tough Times?
Mike Boehlje, distinguished professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University Aired: November/December 2016 With market pressure expected to continue for the next few years, [...]
Early-Planted Soybeans Prove to be Profitable
Have you ever considered planting soybeans at the same time as corn? What about before corn? Most farmers don’t consider these options because it [...]
Webinar: Evaluating Critical Management Strategies to Increase Soybean Yields
AJ Woodyard, technical crop production specialist at BASF, discusses management strategies for the 2017 soybean season based on research collected at the BASF Midwest [...]
Future and Value of Seed Treatments
I received an email about using seed treatments on soybeans from an ILSoyAdvisor reader. “I am currently into soybean farming and wanted to get [...]
Recommendations for planting large soybean seed
Soybean seed quality is very good this year. Mechanical damage to the seed coats or embryos is very low because the seed was harvested [...]
Podcast: Habits of Highly Successful Farmers
Gary Schnitkey, agriculture and consumer economics professor at the University of Illinois Aired: January 2017 In both good times and bad there are commonalities [...]
Raising high-yielding soybeans can be a challenge
Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) teach us how to move soybean yields to the next level For several years we have seen several individuals break [...]
BMPs for Double Cropped Beans
Double cropping soybeans is popular in southern Illinois where many producers plant some soybeans after combining wheat. Doubling cropping soybeans isn’t without challenges, which [...]
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