Controlling Volunteer Corn in Soybeans
Lower commodity prices have growers monitoring their inputs more closely than in previous years. Soybean weed control is one of the areas that farmers [...]
What is better, the planter or the drill?
We have moved away from drilling soybeans in favor of planting. Planting soybeans is really nothing new, and you can say the whole thing [...]
Minimizing In-season Yield Loss
Summer is a season of fun; but for soybean plants, summer can be anything but pleasant. July and August often bring a variety of [...]
SEX, DRUGS, ROCK AND ROLL. A 1970’s version of Soybean production!
As we all know, the average American Farmer is 57 years old; this means those growers graduated high school in 1976, a very uninhibited [...]
ILSoyAdvisor Field Days: Coming to a Field near You
You know and follow the ILSoyAdvisor.com blog—now mark your calendars because the experts from ILSoyAdvisor.com are coming to a soybean field near you. ISA [...]
Factors Affecting Early Season Growth
Growers, or the agronomist they work with, should have a plan to scout fields each month of the summer. This includes walking a field [...]
Join the Race: Enter the Yield Challenge
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 [...]
Managing Late Planted 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 [...]
Agronomy: 2015 Brings New Challenges to Illinois Soybean Growers
My name in Jim Nelson and I am ISA Yield Challenge Marketing Coordinator. I have been with the Yield Challenge since the beginning, but [...]
Agronomy: Planting Progress in West Central Illinois
I live and farm out in West Central Illinois and the spring got off to a good start for both corn and soybeans. Soybean [...]