Weather Whiplash! Crop Update with IL Soy Envoys
IL Soy Envoys share regional updates on weather challenges, soil conditions, crusting, replanting and other agronomy issues.
Planting Green into Cover Crops? Learn Which Soil Residual Herbicides Can Make it to the Ground!
Rodrigo Werle breaks down preliminary findings on how well soil‑residual herbicides perform when planting green into heavy cover‑crop biomass.
Replant or Ride It Out? Early-Season Soybean Decisions
Dr. Rachel Vann and Stephanie Porter share early‑season soybean recommendations, from planting‑time choices to replant decisions shaped by shifting spring weather.
The “Soy” What of Later-Planted Soybeans
IL Soy Envoy Jamie Horton explains how later‑planted soybeans can still push big yields with the right management strategies.
Controlling the Controllables: Pre-Planting Decisions That Drive Soybean Yield
IL Soy Envoy Scott Krone shares research backed data on how planting date, genetics and maturity group selection can have a greater impact on soybean yield than stand density alone.
From Planting Progress to Problem Spots: An IL Crop Update
IL Soy Envoys and ISA agronomist Stephanie Porter share a timely Illinois crop update, covering planting progress, weather impacts and early-season management decisions.
Stephanie’s Top 10 Things to Do After Soybeans Experience a Cold Snap
Following a recent cold snap, Stephanie Porter outlines agronomic considerations to accurately assess soybean cold injury, evaluate stand viability and make informed replant decisions.
Misconceptions in Early Soybean Growth Stages
Rachel Vann explains when low stands justify replanting, why uneven emergence rarely reduces yield and why nitrogen at planting seldom pays in soybean systems.
Beans Are Up in Southeastern Illinois!
Mike Wilson checks in with a crop report on soybean conditions, drought concerns and planting progress in southern Illinois.
Managing Tillage and Spray Applications in Unpredictable Weather Conditions
Eric Beckett, CCA, examines how increasing weather variability is reshaping agronomic decision making across the Midwest—while exploring what it means for tillage, pesticide management and the rapid rise of drone-based application.

