Controlling Volunteer Wheat
Volunteer wheat is probably the number one potential weed problem in double-crop soybeans. Most often in double-crop soybeans herbicides are needed to control existing [...]
ILSoyAdvisor Yield Challenge: Growers’ Pursuit of High Yields
The Yield Challenge is in its eighth season since launching in 2010. Over the years, a lot of Illinois producers have participated in the [...]
Consider Adding Wheat
Adding winter wheat into your corn-soybean rotation has many benefits. The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) and the wheat seed industry in Illinois are embarking [...]
Late Season Soybean Productivity
Soybeans are moving from flower to pod development and fill. So, what’s happening? As our soybeans are currently in the reproductive stages – most [...]
Are you ready for harvest?
As the weather gets cooler and the beans start to brown, harvest creeps closer and closer. In this latest podcast, CCA Soy Envoy Kevin [...]
Planning Soybean Harvest
Assessing soybean maturity and predicting harvest strategies for harvesting most acres at 13.5 to 14 percent moisture. Beans bouncing off the windshield are just [...]
Time to think about harvest preparations
Summer will be quickly turning to fall and the cool weather this month has slowed crop development and given it a break from the [...]
Maturity Group Musings: Top 10 Facts You Should Know about Soybean Maturities
Are the maturity groups you’re planting the right ones for your yield goal? Soybean development and maturity is related to day length or, more [...]
CSI: Crop Soy Investigation
With the growing season rapidly progressing, it’s coming down to the final push for producing a top soybean crop. It’s amazing how soybean yields [...]
Not a Bumper Year for Double-crop Beans
It has been a very tough year down here in southern Illinois for all crops, but more so for double-crop beans. We can forget [...]
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