How are Yields Shaping Up?
In this episode, the IL Soy Envoys examine the current state of soybean and corn crops, analyze yield variability due to seasonal stresses, tackle late-season disease concerns, and prepare for 2025 input planning related to fertilizer and weed control.
Harvesting Dry Soybeans: How Many Bushels Do We Lose?
As harvest begins, many farmers are facing drier-than-expected soybeans. In this post, Brian Bush explains how to calculate yield loss and other key factors to consider.
Cover Crop Planting Dates in Soybean & Corn Rotations: Lessons Learned from Year One of ISA-Funded Study
This Illinois Soybean Association funded project, lead by Nathan Johanning of Illinois Extension, reveals insights from the first year of a cover crop planting date study. The team found that lower seeding rates of early-planted cereal rye cut seed costs and had similar biomass. Late planting still offered good growth into mid-Nov and maximizing biomass by delaying termination until maturity showed no yield reduction in soybeans in most cases.
Wheat Genetics and Management Considerations for Double-Crop Bean Success
Explore the profitability of wheat and double-crop soybeans with Dr. Jessica Rutkoski in this Better Beans presentation. Learn about wheat harvest strategies, scab control, and methods to enhance yields.
Cracking the Code of White Mold: Insights and Strategies for Farmers
As summer comes to a close, farmers throughout Illinois are on alert for white mold, a disease that can seriously impact soybean yield. Soy Envoy Crystal Williams describes how to identify white mold and how to manage it throughout harvest and in the future.
Soybeans of Other Color (SBOC) – What does this really mean?
When grading soybeans, some off-color seed coats can occur due to various issues such as viral diseases, weather, and ground damage.
Post Harvest Evaluations and Assessments
This article was originally published in the September issue of Illinois Field & Bean. View the article here. Harvest has always been a crowd [...]
The Importance of Calibrating your Combines and Analyzing Your Yield Data
As harvest nears full swing in the Midwest and farmers are watching the yield data flow in on their monitors, there is little guidance [...]
PODCAST: Soybean Field Observations and Getting Ready for Harvest
Jason Boehler, a 2021 CCA Soy Envoy, joins the podcast this month to share observations he is seeing from the fields as harvest gets [...]
Late Season Lodging in Soybeans
As we approach the later part of the growing season, we have the potential to see lodging in the soybean crop. Lodging is a [...]
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