Agronomy: Strategies for finishing out the soybean season
It’s after mid-July; do you know what your soybeans are doing? Here we sit either waiting on a rain or waiting for it to stop, [...]
Agronomy: Soybean Development
It is important from time to time to review soybeans’ development system. The original Iowa State University (How A Soybean Plant Develops, ISU Special Report [...]
Agronomy: Taking the Six Secrets to Your Own Field
Dr. Fred Below at the University of Illinois been conducting his Six Secrets of Soybean Success research project at sites across Illinois for the past [...]
Agronomy: Are Starters of Value?
To add or not to add—starters on soybeans. I would like to put this debate to bed once and for all. Over my years as [...]
Agronomy: Lodged Wheat: The Double-Crop Nightmare
To say that Southern Illinois has been blessed with rain this spring is an understatement. Here at our farm we have had over 9 inches [...]
Agronomy: When Do Soybeans Start to Flower?
Dan Arkels, 100-bushel Yield Challenge winner in 2014, planted his Yield Challenge entry April 17, 2016. These plots are already flowering. It might seem sort [...]
Agronomy: There’s an App for That – Predicting Soybean Replant
It seems these days there is an app for about anything you can think of. Generally, in the agriculture world I have a hard time [...]
Agronomy: Meet Your Soy CCA Envoys
There are six soybean experts who are part of the Soy CCA Envoy program, each specializing in a different area of soybean management. Read their [...]
Agronomy: Illinois Council on Best Management Practices – Summer Newsletter
FARMERS IMPROVED WATERSHED HEALTH, STUDY SHOWS A long-running experiment to improve water quality in and around Livingston County has yielded encouraging results. New analysis of [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Let Cover Crops Hang Around A Bit Longer
Extending cover crop growth until planting soybeans enhances the benefit. Cover crops are popular for a variety of reasons including protecting the soil, suppressing weeds, [...]
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