For years, corn has led in profitability, making corn-on-corn a top contender for many U.S. farmers. With soybeans rallying at the close of 2020, [...]

Once a soybean seed is placed into the soil, it is Mother Nature’s job to provide an opportunistic mouth to feed on it. Whether [...]

We are about three to four months away from bringing out the dedicated soybean planter and starting to plant the 2021 soybean crop. At [...]

Sometimes soybean product guides are like yield maps - pretty pictures, but they do not get much use.  However, just like that yield map, [...]

As winter creeps near, it is customary to analyze the previous growing season and tweak management for the better. Let’s do so here and [...]

Most of us know Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” As I write this article, I can see 2020 raising [...]

Much of the soybean crop is now harvested and growers are starting to finish up with their corn acres. If they haven’t started already, [...]

Our family grows soybeans in Washington County, Illinois, which is the top winter wheat producing county in the state. We take advantage of the [...]

Todd Steinacher sat down with Mark Schleusener, an Illinois state statistician with the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), to learn more about the [...]

I think we can all agree every growing season the last few years has been abnormal. But can you teach a seasoned farmer new [...]