A New Emerging Soybean Pest? Introducing the Dectes Stem Borer
This article was written in collaboration with Nick Seiter, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois. There’s a new(er) soybean pest in town [...]
Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020
Every growing season provides us with an opportunity for learning, and 2019 was certainly no exception to this rule. Although we need to be [...]
Are My Soybeans Turning Or Is That a Disease I See?
As I drive through southeastern Illinois, I see very few soybean fields that have started to turn. This is due in part to the [...]
Soybean Fungicide Application Advice
According to a recent @ILSoyAdvisor Twitter poll, over half (56%) of the respondents indicated that they always spray fungicide on their beans. We want [...]
Are Spider Mites Our Next 2019 Challenge?
Because of the dry weather pattern we are in, there has been some conversation across the countryside about two-spotted spider mites becoming our next [...]
Cool and Wet Weather Bring on Bacterial Blight
2019 has been an unusual season with a wet spring and very late planting followed by drier weather and outbreaks of diseases and pests. [...]
Managing Japanese Beetles
It appears that 2019 could be a very heavy Japanese Beetle year. To prepare for dealing with this pest, below is some information on [...]
Management guidelines for soybeans under stress
In many parts of the state we have been plagued by saturated soils from a very early time. We continued to get record rainfall [...]
Early Season Yellow Beans
One doesn’t have to drive too many miles on country roads to find a field of beans that is not as deep green as [...]
Soybean Cyst Nematode – A Consistent Threat
Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is known to cause considerable yield loss in soybeans. Often that loss is accompanied by undetectable crop symptoms and options [...]
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