Agronomy: Boost Profitability in Times of Low Prices
Over the past few years, many producers have gotten accustomed to high commodity prices. However, with prices now on the decline and costs remaining [...]
Agronomy: Evaluating Your Choices in the 2014 Farm Bill
The 2014 Farm Bill will bring changes to key crop safety net provisions, and soon growers will need to make a long-term commitment to [...]
Agronomy: Planting Continuous Soybeans
Planting continuous corn or a long corn and short bean rotation is common and farmers have learned how to manage through the challenges. But [...]
Agronomy: Highway to 100-Bushel Soybeans
It is well known that Dan Arkels, a LaSalle County grower, was the first grower in Illinois to break the 100-bushel yield barrier and [...]
Agronomy: Keys to Effective Succession Planning
Keys to Effective Succession Planning What will happen to your farm when you retire? Many farmers will pass the reigns to their children, but [...]
Agronomy: How to Stay Profitable in Uncertain Times
Farmers deal with uncertainty on a regular basis, from fluctuations in weather to changes in market demand. But lower commodity prices and higher input [...]
Agronomy: Notes from a 100 Bushel Challenge Verifier
This year I assisted in verifying plot results for the 100 Bushel Challenge, a program encouraging soybean producers to experiment with new production techniques. [...]
Agronomy: Soybean management webinar series coming to ILSoyAdvisor.com
Illinois growers are encouraged to attend a new webinar series from the Illinois Soybean Association. The checkoff-funded program will highlight best management practices in [...]
Agronomy: Storing Soybeans
Farmers rarely store many bushels of soybeans. If they have on-farm storage they want to use it for corn. Besides, there has rarely been [...]
Diagnostics: Analyzing Yield Data – Using the Technology to Learn More (Part II)
Watching a yield monitor and collecting yield data is easy and it’s easier than ever to transfer it to a computer and through a [...]
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