2025 Illinois Soybean Production Research Preview
Jennifer Jones spotlights 2025 Illinois Soybean checkoff-funded research projects, now featured on the new and improved Field Advisor platform for streamlined access to key agronomic information and project developments.
How Can Conservation Benefits Be Measured for Illinois Soybean Farmers?
This ISA checkoff funded research will equip Illinois farmers with scientific data on how conservation practices impact yields, emissions, soil carbon, and nitrogen, helping them make informed decisions and explore ecosystem marketplace opportunities.
Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership Develops Financial Incentive Database
The Financial Incentives Database (FIND) tool was developed by ISAP to share financial payment opportunities that are available for adopting conservation practices such as cover crops, saturated buffers, and constructed wetlands.
Take a Tour of ISA’S Cover Crop Plot
Jim Isermann leads a tour of Illinois Soybean Association's cover crop plot, offering detailed information into each species planted.
EarthSense AI Robot Demonstration
Dennis Bowman demonstrates the EarthSense AI Robot, an autonomous device that interseeds cover crops in row-crop fields.
Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership Develops Financial Incentive Database
The FIND Tool includes information for over 60 financial incentive programs available to Illinois farmers who want to implement conservation practices.
What is the Ideal Fall Planting Date for Cover Crops?
It's August, and farmers are preparing for harvest, which for some includes planting cover crops. What is the ideal fall planting date and seeding rate for planting cereal rye or clover cover crops in Illinois? Nathan Johanning, Extension Educator with the University of Illinois, has been conducting field trials across the state to answer these questions.
Illinois Farmers Needed: Contribute to Research on Conservation Practices
Prof. Kaiyu Guan’s team at the University of Illinois seeks 20 farmers for a study on conservation practices, offering analysis of the environmental benefits of adopting major climate-smart methods.
Field Talk: Cover Crop Impacts on Soil and Water Management
John Pike, CCA, and Independent Research Agronomist and Consultant, presents a rainfall simulator demonstration and discusses the impact of cover crops on soil and water management.
Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership Hosts 2024 Risk Management Conference
Registration is now open for the Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership’s third biennial Risk Management Conference, a three-part webinar series tackling emerging and future threats to farm resiliency and how conservation practices can help mitigate those risks.
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