As a professional agronomist, farmer and long time CCA in Illinois I was honored when I was approached to be one of the Soy [...]

Hello, I’m Lynda Anderson and I’m your 2015 Northwest Illinois Soybean Envoy.   I live in Galva, located in southern Henry County, with my husband, [...]

“I love soybeans,” is not a common phrase in Northern Illinois, but soybeans are more popular here now than ever.  Farmers are finding them [...]

As corn prices continue to fluctuate, more farmers are beginning to inquire about the pros and cons of growing continuous soybeans. When it comes [...]

Planting seed blends isn’t a new concept. In the past, companies sold blends to combine seeds of different characteristics in a field to produce [...]

We’ve assembled a team of Certified Crop Advisers who are passionate about soybeans from across the state to provide reports from the field, insight [...]

As temperatures rise and winter comes to a close, growers are beginning to make decisions for the next growing season. From variety selection to [...]

In 2014, Illinois farmers raised 547.7-million bushels of soybeans on 9.8-million harvested acres. The average yield was 56 bushels per acre. These yield gains were made [...]

Illinois continues to make progress in soybean production, taking the title in 2014 of top soybean producer for the second year in a row. [...]

The technology for variable rate seed has been around for about 15 years. Planters have hydraulic drives and row shut-offs and are coupled with [...]