Illinois Department of Agriculture Dicamba Guidance
Note: For current 2026 information, please read our updated blog post. On June 9 the Illinois Department of Agriculture issued specific guidelines for Illinois [...]
Managing Resistant Weeds with Seed Destruction Technologies
This article was originally published on the Soybean Research & Information Network, a checkoff funded website. Controlling weeds like herbicide-resistant waterhemp and other pigweed [...]
WEBINAR: Insect Pest Management in Soybeans: What to Watch Out for in 2020
1 CEU in Integrated Pest Management
Nitrogen and Soybeans: Mineralization, Nodules and Fertilizer
Soybeans are amazing plants. Unlike our other major crop in Illinois, they’re not as cut and dried which is usually a good thing. Have [...]
It’s Never too Late in the Fight Against Weeds
When Roundup Ready® soybeans were introduced, times were good. You could schedule your spray application from the calendar and not think twice about whether [...]
Identifying SDS and What Management Practices Pay
Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is a soilborne fungal disease that historically has ranked within the top five most damaging diseases affecting soybeans in the [...]
Managing Bean Leaf Beetles in Soybeans
Bean leaf beetles are among the first insect pests we see each spring. The adults leave their overwintering sites when temperatures begin to warm [...]
Managing Weeds Before They Become a Problem
The saying “It’s better to be proactive instead of reactive.” holds a lot of weight for soybean growers when it comes to managing weeds [...]
The What, When, Why and How of Weed Management
Weeds are biological structures that are formed from a seed with a sole purpose to grow, reproduce with at least one successful offspring. Wow, [...]
The Agronomics of SDS
Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) is caused by the fungus, Fusarium virguliforme. Favorable conditions for SDS infection and symptom development can be divided into two [...]
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