Key to Yield is Keeping Pods
At the end of the day, the yield of soybeans is determined by the number of pods per acre. The greater the number of [...]
Soil Testing: Value of Base Saturation
When you or your agronomist sends soil samples to a laboratory, they measure all the bases—include K, Ca, Mg and Na. And not only [...]
Farms Under Threat: the State of America’s Farmland
The United States is blessed with a remarkably productive agricultural landscape. Cropland, pastureland, rangeland, and woodland support a regionally diverse food and farming system [...]
Replant Considerations: Checklist for Coming Back from Calamity
Down at the local co-op, farm store, or coffee shop, there’s always one guy who, when asked if done with planting, answers, “Yeah, at [...]
Soybean Fields or Swingin’ Hips
After the planter is parked for the season it is time to make observations of emerging and developing crop. Early scouting trips provide a [...]
Early Soybean Scouting
ILeVO Halo Effect The Halo effect is associated with ILeVO-treated soybean seed. Regardless of the halo severity on early leaves, stand is not affected, [...]
The Art & Science of Soy Planting
The decision about when to plant a soybean field is very important, because it will set the stage for how well the crop emerges [...]
Does Technology Pay?
At the January 2018 Soybean Summit in Springfield, Ill., growers submitted these questions with their evaluation forms. What are the practices with the most [...]
Protein, Oil and Amino Acids: Where Illinois Soybeans Ranked in 2017
By traditional protein and oil quality measures, the 2017 Illinois soybean crop performed well compared to the national average. Protein was slightly lower. Oil [...]
Key Resilient-Farmer Habits
The ISA Board understands that profitability is top of mind for many farmers, especially in this economic environment, and they devote checkoff funds to [...]
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