Prepping Soybean Fields for Next Year
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, [...]
Prepping Now for Challenges Facing the Farm in 2021
Our family grows soybeans in Washington County, Illinois, which is the top winter wheat producing county in the state. We take advantage of the [...]
Q & A with USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
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 [...]
2020 Growing Season in Review: New Lessons Learned
I think we can all agree every growing season the last few years has been abnormal. But can you teach a seasoned farmer new [...]
PODCAST: Protecting Soybean Pod Fill
Cody Pettit, CCA Soy Envoy and Pioneer field agronomist, joins the podcast this week to discuss soybean growth stages and how to protect pod [...]
Dry Conditions and Yield Predictions
We know what happens when soybeans are planted in dry conditions, they simply cannot germinate. That has not been the case this past spring, [...]
Evaluating Soybean Plots to Set Yourself Up for Success in 2021
If you have lived for very long in an area where soybeans are grown, you’ve likely passed more soybean plots than you care to [...]
Balancing Beneficial Insects in Soybeans
Insects are everywhere. For every man, woman and child on the face of the earth there are 200 million insects. In honor of National [...]
PODCAST: Soybean Replant and Late Planting Considerations
CCA Soy Envoy, Ashley McEwen, joins the podcast this week to give an update on soybean planting and replanting from her area of Illinois. [...]
I Planted Beans Early, Now I’ll Set Yield Records, Right?
Many farmers in the state of Illinois planted this year’s soybean crop earlier than ever before. Near-perfect soil conditions in early April, coupled with [...]
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