Agronomy: What big data might mean for soybean productivity
Big data gives you the ability to capture information you can use to make decisions that improve the yield and profitability of your soybean crop. [...]
Agronomy: When Do Soybeans Start to Flower?
Dan Arkels, 100-bushel Yield Challenge winner in 2014, planted his Yield Challenge entry April 17, 2016. These plots are already flowering. It might seem sort [...]
Agronomy: There’s an App for That – Predicting Soybean Replant
It seems these days there is an app for about anything you can think of. Generally, in the agriculture world I have a hard time [...]
Agronomy: Meet Your Soy CCA Envoys
There are six soybean experts who are part of the Soy CCA Envoy program, each specializing in a different area of soybean management. Read their [...]
Agronomy: Illinois Council on Best Management Practices – Summer Newsletter
FARMERS IMPROVED WATERSHED HEALTH, STUDY SHOWS A long-running experiment to improve water quality in and around Livingston County has yielded encouraging results. New analysis of [...]
Agronomy: To replant or not replant, that is the question.
As I sit here in my office I can hear the patter of raindrops outside the window. It is late May and we are still [...]
Agronomy: Rolling Beans
Rolling soybeans is probably not a common practice in Illinois with the deep prairie soils and relatively level terrain. But it has its benefits and [...]
Agronomy: Rethinking Planting Depth
What depth are you planting at and should you be planting deeper? For a long time now the recommended soybean planting depth was 1 to [...]
Using drone-based imagery to manage soybeans
Can we use drones to better manage our soybean crop? We think so and intend to set out to validate it through a case study [...]
Agronomy: Planting Status Across Illinois
The USDA’s May 15 Crop Progress Report states that 36% of U.S. soybeans have been planted as of May 15. In Illinois only 29% [...]
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