Plant & Soil Health: Becoming an Environmentally Conscious Steward
What does it take to be considered improved environmental steward at the farm gate? Is it a focus on water quality, an environmental footprint, [...]
Disease Management: New ‘Hub’ for Soybean Fungicide Resistance Information Available
Fungicide resistance management has become a priority issue in the soybean industry this year, especially as fungicide resistant strains of Cercospora sojina, the pathogen [...]
Insect Management: Why You’ll Want to Sample for SCN This Fall
$45 million. That’s how much Nebraska soybean farmers are estimated to have lost to soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) last year. The good news is [...]
Plant & Soil Health: How Does Gypsum Benefit the Soil?
As a part-time farmer I am an advocate of gypsum because I have seen it change the nature of soil. As an agronomist, however, [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Fertilizer Stewardship: The 4Rs
With increased attention to how nutrients are managed in Illinois, the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association (IFCA) has implemented a 4R Code of Practice, [...]
Disease Management: Purple Seed Stain on Soybeans
Purple seed stain, also known as Cercospora leaf blight, has been positively identified on soybeans in several Kansas fields this year. This disease is [...]
Plant & Soil Health – Time to Apply New Thinking to Fall-Applied N?
Applying nitrogen in the fall is a well-established practice in central and northern Illinois. It helps to speed up planting in the spring; however, [...]
Agronomics: Best Management Practices to Keep Phosphorus on the Field
Looking at current Ohio field research and the literature available on the topic of minimizing losses of phosphorus at the edge of the field [...]
Agronomics: Fall Herbicide Treatments – What Else Remains to be Said?
We have published articles about fall herbicide treatments in C.O.R.N. over most of the last five years or more. Readers can check the archives [...]
Agronomics: Time to Track Compaction
Is compaction an issue on your farm and is it limiting yield? Compaction limits root growth, soil porosity, water movement and water holding capacity [...]
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