PODCAST: Harvest Report from Central Illinois
Despite low expectations, many growers saw above average yields this season, usually between 50 and 70 bu/ac. Lance Tarochione, CCA, provides an in-depth explanation [...]
WEBINAR: Lessons from a Surprising Season
Emerson Nafziger, Ph.D., professor of crop sciences and extension agronomist at the University of Illinois, highlights the weather patterns that producers saw throughout Illinois [...]
Agronomy: Recent Rapid Increases in Soybean Yields Attributed to Technology and Technical Backing
Rapid increases in yield gains in soybeans are attributed to technology, focus on better management and contributions from the army of CCAs across Illinois who [...]
Agronomy: Growing Continuous Beans: Are They Profitable?
With today’s soybean yield expectations, will planting some fields back to soybeans be more profitable than planting a field back to corn? Just might be [...]
Agronomy: Growing Continuous Beans: Variety Selection
Want to plant back to soybeans after the last soybean crop? Start with selecting the right variety. With everyone looking for ways to trim [...]
Growing Continuous Beans: Seed Treatments – A Key to Successful Continuous Soybean Rotation
Growers have been contacting the Illinois Soybean Association asking about growing continuous soybeans. Soybeans require few inputs and have a lower product cost per acre [...]
Agronomy: Profitability Matters: Maximizing Crop Insurance Opportunities
Lower commodity prices pose a unique challenge of staying profitable in a tough market. Crop insurance provides farmers with an important risk management tool, and [...]
Agronomy: Growing Continuous Soybeans
Is 2016 the year to grow more soybeans in rotation? Commodity prices are low, production of corn and soybeans is high (particularly for corn), and [...]
Agronomy: Lessons from the 2015 Crop
The biggest question I get asked now that all the soybeans have been harvested is, what lessons did we learn and what can growers do [...]
Agronomy: New Soybean Management Discoveries
Wow, what a year the 2015 season has been! From the start, farmers were challenged by weather events that staggered early season growth. We were [...]
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