How Often Should I Test My Soil?
What is your approach to soil sampling? How often you should sample? Many times, through the years, I have explained the history of soil [...]
Rolling Soybeans
Some growers roll soybeans, but should you consider it? This practice started in western Minnesota and the Dakotas. Growers would roll fields after planting [...]
Webinar: Why Soil Sampling Is Important For High Yielding Soybeans
Terry Wyciskalla, with Wyciskalla Consulting, LLC, describes how to collect a soil sample, identify spatial patterns to follow, the range of tests to consider, [...]
Is your planter a money maker or money pit?
Your yield potential is greatest on the day you put the seed in the ground. Your planter plays a significant role in reaching that [...]
Soil Phosphorus Measurements
Most soil labs run an extractable phosphorus test and measure extractable P. There are a number of extractants but the most common today is [...]
Understanding a Soil Test Report
Understanding a soil test is an important element of farming and not as hard as you think. Accurate soil sampling and soil test reports [...]
Soil Sampling and Soil Tests 101
Editor’s Note: This is the 1st part in a 4-part series on the 4Rs and nutrient management. Soil sampling and testing is not an [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Taking the Confusion out of Lime Recommendations
Editors’ Forward: On August 30, ILSoyAdvisor hosted the webinar “Soil sampling is the first step to planning high yield soybeans.” The presenter, an agronomist [...]
Agronomy: New Technologies for Soybean Producers
The 2016 InfoAg Conference, held in St. Louis in early August, brought together over 1700 participants from 20 different countries to learn about and [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Webinar: Soil Sampling to Plan for High Yield Soybeans
Soil sampling is an integral part of a strong soybean management program, according to Andy Wycislo, Midwest region agronomist for Waypoint Analytical. Illinois is made [...]
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