Late Season Soybean Productivity
Soybeans are moving from flower to pod development and fill. So, what’s happening? As our soybeans are currently in the reproductive stages – most [...]
Are you ready for harvest?
As the weather gets cooler and the beans start to brown, harvest creeps closer and closer. In this latest podcast, CCA Soy Envoy Kevin [...]
Planning Soybean Harvest
Assessing soybean maturity and predicting harvest strategies for harvesting most acres at 13.5 to 14 percent moisture. Beans bouncing off the windshield are just [...]
Time to think about harvest preparations
Summer will be quickly turning to fall and the cool weather this month has slowed crop development and given it a break from the [...]
Raising High-Yielding Soybeans Can Be A Challenge, Part 2
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three articles on the role of hormones in soybean plants. Soybean reproduction is all [...]
Growers Find Their Edge in Soybean Yield Challenge
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.—April 4, 2017—Spring is here and that means planting is just around the corner. Soybean growers in Illinois are looking for an edge [...]
Illinois Soybean Farmers Harvest Record Crop
BLOOMINGTON, ILL – January 12, 2017 – Illinois has regained the title of top soybean-producing state, according to the United States Department of Agriculture [...]
Agronomy: Soybean Yields Are Improving in Illinois
I recently read an article by Gary Schnitkey on farmdoc in regard to the relative decline of soybean yields in Illinois compared to corn [...]
Agronomy: The Three W’s of 2016 Soybean Yields: (Weather, Weeds, and What Went Wrong?)
Weather The weather in 2016 set up the potential for some very high soybean yields in many areas of Illinois and to be honest, [...]
Agronomy: Soybean Yields in Illinois
In recent years, soybean yields in Illinois have been exceptional, leading to questions on whether technologies have caused a "jump" in soybean yields. While [...]

