Growers, or the agronomist they work with, should have a plan to scout fields each month of the summer. This includes walking a field [...]

Interested in breaking your own soybean yield record, breaking the 100-bushel ceiling or just seeing if a new package of technologies improves your soybean [...]

Soybean can be planted later than corn and not suffer the same level of yield loss. Nevertheless the ideal time to plant soybeans is [...]

My name in Jim Nelson and I am ISA Yield Challenge Marketing Coordinator.  I have been with the Yield Challenge since the beginning, but [...]

I live and farm out in West Central Illinois and the spring got off to a good start for both corn and soybeans. Soybean [...]

So when should you replant soybeans? This is not a common practice if you plant when soil conditions are right and don’t experience a [...]

When it comes to farming in Illinois we usually don’t think about it being dry in the spring. It is usually the opposite: too [...]

As I am writing this update it is 55 degrees and cloudy with 33 mph gusts.  It sure does not feel like spring and [...]

Wow, where has all the fertilizer gone? Here in southeastern Illinois we have had an uninterrupted run of about two weeks. We have had [...]

Anticipation and excitement are developing across Illinois as spring planting approaches.  Along with those seasonal expectations, we need a conscientious examination of our land [...]