While higher yield overall is one of the “causes” of low soybean market prices, for the individual farmers, increasing yields is an important “cure” [...]

Today’s soybean inoculants are not the same as years past. The advancement and introduction of new products, low relative prices and changes to soybean [...]

Most farmers I know work like dogs from the first dry day in March through the time corn is “laid by,” usually around the [...]

We all know that this year is going to be a year of managing risk and production costs. We always face a risk when farming, [...]

Pop-Ups or In-Furrow fertilizers are typically used on corn to supply a small quantity of N (Nitrogen) and P (Phosphorus) or micronutrients. This N and [...]

In recent years our idea of “optimal” soybean planting dates in Illinois has shifted earlier. Researchers and farmers pushing the envelope looking for higher soybean [...]

It is time to be thinking about enrolling in the 2016 Soybean Yield Challenge and there are plenty of categories to get involved in. [...]

Recent analysis suggests that soybeans have been more profitable than corn in Illinois from 2013 to 2015, and there is a reasonable chance that [...]

Recently, with the expiration of the U.S. patent of the original Roundup Ready soybean trait (RR1) in 2014 and the third party patent in [...]

As we approach Easter here at the end of March the wheat crop across southern Illinois looks very good on the whole. Planting right [...]