Better Beans Series – Carlyle, Illinois
The Better Beans Series event in Carlyle was held on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at the Bretz Wildlife Lodge and Winery. The event was [...]
New Year Resolutions to Improve Soybeans
The New Year is upon us and it’s time to write some resolutions for next year for things to do differently. You may already [...]
2018 Illinois Soybean Yield Challenge Winners Announced; 100-Bushel Yields Continue
With the 2018 soybean season setting records in Illinois and other states, it is no surprise that several growers topped 100 bushels per acre [...]
WEBINAR: Explaining the 100-Bushel Yield Gap
A few growers have broken 100-bushel soybean yields and the world record is 171 bushels. Yet for many growers, field yields remain in the [...]
Conservation Practices—A look at the Past and Present
Many of the farming practices that were used 50 plus years ago are now considered conservation practices. Longer crop rotations that included 4 – [...]
Planting Soybeans in March? Maybe Not
There has been a lot of buzz lately in the soybean world about planting soybeans super early. Is this method of planting soybeans early [...]
Tips for Establishing A Successful Wheat Crop
Wheat, as a crop, has been scrutinized by growers across the U.S. and largely hasn’t measured up in productivity to that of other commodity [...]
How to improve continuous soybean rotations
This past season farmers planted 10.9 million acres of soybeans in llinois, up 3% from the previous year, according to the latest USDA NASS [...]
Estimating Soybean Yield
It has been a pretty good year for corn and soybeans across the Corn Belt and many of you may be wondering about your [...]
Top 5 Tips for Pushing Pod Fill
Over the past 5 years, soybean yields have increased to a new standard. These gains can be directly correlated to the success of modern [...]
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