Minimizing In-season Yield Loss
Summer is a season of fun; but for soybean plants, summer can be anything but pleasant. July and August often bring a variety of [...]
SEX, DRUGS, ROCK AND ROLL. A 1970’s version of Soybean production!
As we all know, the average American Farmer is 57 years old; this means those growers graduated high school in 1976, a very uninhibited [...]
ILSoyAdvisor Field Days: Coming to a Field near You
You know and follow the ILSoyAdvisor.com blog—now mark your calendars because the experts from ILSoyAdvisor.com are coming to a soybean field near you. ISA [...]
Factors Affecting Early Season Growth
Growers, or the agronomist they work with, should have a plan to scout fields each month of the summer. This includes walking a field [...]
Join the Race: Enter the Yield Challenge
Interested in breaking your own soybean yield record, breaking the 100-bushel ceiling or just seeing if a new package of technologies improves your soybean [...]
Managing Late Planted Soybean
Soybean can be planted later than corn and not suffer the same level of yield loss. Nevertheless the ideal time to plant soybeans is [...]
Agronomy: 2015 Brings New Challenges to Illinois Soybean Growers
My name in Jim Nelson and I am ISA Yield Challenge Marketing Coordinator. I have been with the Yield Challenge since the beginning, but [...]
Agronomy: Planting Progress in West Central Illinois
I live and farm out in West Central Illinois and the spring got off to a good start for both corn and soybeans. Soybean [...]
Agronomy: Replanting Soybeans Decision
So when should you replant soybeans? This is not a common practice if you plant when soil conditions are right and don’t experience a [...]
Agronomy: Planting Soybean in Dry Conditions
When it comes to farming in Illinois we usually don’t think about it being dry in the spring. It is usually the opposite: too [...]

