Agronomy: New booklet gives farmers strategies to reduce nitrogen runoff
URBANA, Ill. – The Midwest, blessed with rich soils and abundant precipitation, leads the country and the world in corn and soybean production. It [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Are You Applying Enough P & K?
This post highlights material covered in a breakout session sponsored by Wyciskalla Consulting, LLC at the recent ILSoyAdvisor Field Days. To see other posts [...]
Agronomy: New Trait in Soybeans: Chloride Exclusion
Next time you read a soybean seed catalog and check variety characteristics you might see a new trait listed—chloride excluder. An Illinois farmer and [...]
Weed Management: Illinois Researchers Confirm PPO Inhibitor Resistance in Palmer Amaranth
Weed control in Illinois is about to get a little tougher for some farmers. Researchers in the state have announced they’ve found PPO inhibitor [...]
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 [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Field Day Recap: Intensify Your Fertilizer Strategy
This post highlights material covered in a breakout session sponsored by Helena Chemical Company at the recent ILSoyAdvisor Field Days. To see other posts [...]
Agronomy: Dicamba Misapplication – Or how I learned to love crinkled beans!
In my time as a Soy Envoy for the past two growing seasons I have attempted to give advice in an unbiased way, trying [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Summary of Illinois Soil Tests Shows Potential Loss of Yields
Agronomists and growers need to be aware soil test levels for phosphorus and potassium are declining, as today’s high yields are drawing down more [...]
Weed Management: Field Day Recap: Getting Soybeans Off To A Good Start
This post highlights material covered in a breakout session sponsored by Northern Partners Cooperative at the recent ILSoyAdvisor Field Days. To see other posts [...]
Agronomy: Podcast: A Look at Conservation Tillage
Rachel Cook, Ph.D., North Carolina State University assistant professor/co-director of the Forest Productivity Cooperative, provides an in-depth explanation of conservation tillage practices. She covers the [...]
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