Agronomy: Benchmarking Soybean Production Practices
Farmers are needed for a regional and state soybean yield benchmarking survey in order to identify what is causing yield gaps on your farm. [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Soybean Advice for Africa
ILSoyAdvisor received a question from Willings Mulendema in Zambia on an article I wrote back in August 2014. He wrote, “This is a very [...]
Agronomy: Growing 100 Bushel Soybeans
Hundred-bushel soybeans are more than just in the realm of possibility today. Quite a few producers have done so officially and unofficially. We know [...]
Agronomy: High Yield Soybeans—What’s Your “Model”?
After being the long-neglected “step-child” feeding on the leftovers from the corn crop, soybeans are beginning to gain respect as a primary crop on [...]
Agronomy: PODCAST: Double-Cropping Wheat and Soybeans
Kelly Robertson, ISA’s double-crop specialist, discusses the benefits of adopting a double-crop system, and explains that farmers have to be committed to the system [...]
Agronomy: Illinois Council on Best Management Practices – Winter Newsletter
ILLINOIS FARMERS: DELAYED ANHYDROUS AMMONIA APPLICATION Three Illinois farmers discuss their decision to delay applying anhydrous ammonia. Read their stories and see why nutrient [...]
Agronomy: Field Day Video – Getting Soybeans Off to a Good Start with Growmark
ISA hosted its first regional ILSoyAdvisor Field Days this past summer. From August 4 – 6 we brought soybean experts to fields around the [...]
Agronomy: WEBINAR: Six Secrets of Soybean Success
Fred Below, Ph.D., professor of plant physiology and crop sciences at the University of Illinois, shared the “Six Secrets of Soybean Success” to help [...]
Agronomy: Seeds Shouldn’t Go Naked
There will be a tendency to cut production costs in 2016. It will be difficult to make a profit on soybeans with projected prices [...]
Agronomy: Growing Continuous Beans: A Southern Illinois Perspective
As we are in the middle of planning the 2016 crop, I am getting a few questions about beans following beans. This is something [...]