Top Eight Factors to Ensure Double-Crop Soybean Success
IL Soy Envoy Tim Laatsch explains how to maximize yield potential when double‑cropping soybeans after winter wheat in a shortened Illinois growing season.
Weather Whiplash! Crop Update with IL Soy Envoys
IL Soy Envoys share regional updates on weather challenges, soil conditions, crusting, replanting and other agronomy issues.
The “Soy” What of Later-Planted Soybeans
IL Soy Envoy Jamie Horton explains how later‑planted soybeans can still push big yields with the right management strategies.
Controlling the Controllables: Pre-Planting Decisions That Drive Soybean Yield
IL Soy Envoy Scott Krone shares research backed data on how planting date, genetics and maturity group selection can have a greater impact on soybean yield than stand density alone.
From Planting Progress to Problem Spots: An IL Crop Update
IL Soy Envoys and ISA agronomist Stephanie Porter share a timely Illinois crop update, covering planting progress, weather impacts and early-season management decisions.
Bean Leaf Beetles and Evaluating Risk in Early-Planted Beans
Early-planted soybeans can face greater risk from bean leaf beetles, but IL Soy Envoy Matt Montgomery explains how field conditions and economic thresholds determine when feeding warrants treatment.
Beans Are Up in Southeastern Illinois!
Mike Wilson checks in with a crop report on soybean conditions, drought concerns and planting progress in southern Illinois.
Managing Tillage and Spray Applications in Unpredictable Weather Conditions
Eric Beckett, CCA, examines how increasing weather variability is reshaping agronomic decision making across the Midwest—while exploring what it means for tillage, pesticide management and the rapid rise of drone-based application.
ISA Names 2026 IL Soy Envoy Class to Deliver In-Season Agronomic Updates
This year's class will deliver crop reports, agronomic updates, and local recommendations through FieldAdvisor.org and the Field Advisor podcast.
Conservation Funding for Your Farm
Illinois Soy Envoy Byron Hendrix, CCA, reviews how farmers can access financial support for conservation practices on their operations.
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