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 [...]
Agronomics: Don’t Let Lower Commodity Prices Sway Conservation and Soil Health
I recently have been pondering how the use of cover crops and other conservation practices on Illinois farms is likely to be impacted by [...]
Agronomics: Keying in on Phosphorus Availability
Most phosphate goes on in the fall as dry material and either as MAP (monoammonium phosphate) or DAP (diammonium phosphate)—often blended with potash (potassium [...]
Agronomics: 5 Reasons to Fertilize in the Fall
After harvest, farmers have the option of fertilizing fields with potassium and phosphorous in the fall — or waiting until spring. There are several [...]
Agronomics: Fall Nutrient Management Practices
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.-Now’s the time to be thinking about best management practices to protect against nutrient loss during the post-harvest time period. “Regarding cover crop [...]
Agronomics: Cover Crops: Imitating Life on the Prairie
Adding cover crops to their crop rotation can help growers improve their soil health, explained David Hammer, Ph.D., professor of Soil Genesis, University of [...]
Diagnostics: Top Dressing Nitrogen on Soybeans
There is a lot of interest in applying nitrogen on soybeans as more growers are willing to go to greater lengths to improve soybean [...]
Disease Management: New Webcast Addresses Fungicide Resistance in Soybean and Corn
Fungicide resistance can be a major threat to soybean disease control, and this resistance can take hold quickly if fungicides and their applications are [...]
Diagnostics: Pale green soybeans persisting?
We can often scout or drive past field after field of soybean in June that are pale green to yellowish in color. The soybeans [...]
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