Plant & Soil Health: Starter Fertilizer on Soybeans
Do soybeans respond to starter? When should a grower apply starter on soybeans? Is there a risk? There are growers who are successfully using [...]
Plant & Soil Health: What is the Nutrient Value of Lost Organic Matter by Erosion?
The loss of organic matter and its nutrient value by erosion has significant effect on both the long-term sustainability of the soil nutrient pool [...]
Agronomy: WEBINAR: Six Secrets of Soybean Success
ILSoyAdvisor.com continued its winter webinar series on Wednesday, Jan. 21. In "Six Secrets of Soybean Success,” Fred Below, Ph.D., University of Illinois professor of [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Soybean Response to Foliar Fertilizers Containing Manganese and Sulfur
A 2014 on-farm research trial in Perry, Michigan, showed that foliar-applied manganese and sulfur were not effective in increasing nutrient uptake and soybean yield. [...]
Agronomy: Free Webinar on Soybean Success
Unlock the secrets to better soybean profitability with an upcoming webinar, “Six Secrets of Soybean Success” by Fred Below, Ph.D., professor of plant physiology [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Making the Connection: Sulfur and Nitrogen Working Together
Maximizing protein production and nitrogen fixation requires an ample supply of sulfur. Soybeans require both nitrogen and sulfur and they are interrelated. Soybeans require [...]
Plant & Soil Health – Gypsum Offers an Economic Source of Sulfur for Deficient Soybean Acres
Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) is a mineral mined from sedimentary deposits created by the evaporation of saline water, where sulfuric acid comes into contact with calcium carbonate. [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Does Foliar Feeding Work?
Does the soil supply enough nutrients or can foliar feeding really help yield? It is becoming a common practice to foliar feed crop plants when [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Phosphorus Availability
Phosphorus is one of the nutrients targeted in the nutrient reduction strategy recently proposed by the Illinois EPA. Phosphorus loss isn’t so much about amount, [...]
Plant Health: Applying Boron on Soybeans
While farmers don’t think much about applying boron, a micronutrient needed in small amounts, it is the most common micronutrient deficiency in soybeans, followed [...]
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