Agronomy: What big data might mean for soybean productivity
Big data gives you the ability to capture information you can use to make decisions that improve the yield and profitability of your soybean crop. [...]
Using drone-based imagery to manage soybeans
Can we use drones to better manage our soybean crop? We think so and intend to set out to validate it through a case study [...]
Agronomy: Recent Rapid Increases in Soybean Yields Attributed to Technology and Technical Backing
Rapid increases in yield gains in soybeans are attributed to technology, focus on better management and contributions from the army of CCAs across Illinois who [...]
Agronomy: Soil Sampling
Hopefully there are no soybeans still in the field at this point in Illinois. Even the double crop soybeans should be out by now. So [...]
Agronomy: WEBINAR: Game-Changing Technology Coming to Agriculture
Unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as UAVs, are popping up on farms throughout the Midwest and recognized UAV advocate Chad Colby thinks their presence [...]
Agronomy: Checklist for Planter Maintenance and Setup
Even though the snow is falling here this evening, it is time to check the planter. Here is a list of suggestions for plantersetup and maintenance. Check meters [...]
Agronomy: Setting up Your Planter
Today most soybeans are seeded with a conventional planter. There are still some growers that use drills and air seeders because they are planting [...]
Plant & Soil: New ‘Focus on Soybean’ Webcast Teaches Soil Sampling Techniques to Increase Yield
Soil sampling is critical to ensuring adequate levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, as well as managing soil PH. The payoff: achieving good nodulation [...]
Diagnostics: Analyzing Yield Data – Using the Technology to Learn More (Part II)
Watching a yield monitor and collecting yield data is easy and it’s easier than ever to transfer it to a computer and through a [...]
Agronomics: “100 Bags per Hectare”: Learning from Brazilian Soybean Growers
Brazilian yield challenge winners now routinely break 100 bags per hectare, a unit of measure close to 100 bushels per acre (100 bags per [...]
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