Planting a crop can be an emotional roller coaster for a farmer, besides selling grain too soon. My grandfather would say “put your bare [...]

Illinois grows the most bushels of soybeans of any state in the United States. The varieties we typically grow here are called “indeterminate” which [...]

Many parts of the Central Illinois region have been hit with multiple inches of rain, causing several ponding issues. One observation we can easily [...]

Hello again, it’s Max the soybean. If you remember, my siblings and I were planted on March 10 and had come through some pretty [...]

It is that time of year again when spring gives way to summer heat. Crop planting has all but wrapped up across the state, [...]

Scouting has become a historical activity in many areas and has been replaced with a drive-by at 15 MPH. Yes, if one can see [...]

It has been a refreshing change to drive the countryside, meet with producers and scout fields that have emerged with little to no issues. [...]

This article was originally published by the American Society of Agronomy. View the original article here.  The United States grows a lot of corn [...]

The 2021 wheat crop has the chance of being very good in overall production as well as a very profitable crop this year with [...]

Submitted by Illinois Farm Bureau Managing nutrients on farms can be accomplished in different ways, depending on what farmers each have to work with [...]