Spring Management Tips for Winter Wheat
Want to product high wheat yields? Intensive spring management is the key. Widespread heavy rains and an Easter blizzard across parts of Illinois haven’t [...]
Spring Management Tips for Winter Wheat
Want to product high wheat yields? Intensive spring management is the key. Widespread heavy rains and an Easter blizzard across parts of Illinois haven’t [...]
Illinois Soybean Yields are Growing by Leaps and Bounds!
You probably recently read the press release announcing Illinois as the No. 1 soybean producing state in the U.S. once again. And for a [...]
Monitoring Compositional Quality
If you grow soybeans you are selling pounds of oil and pounds of protein, not bushels. End users buy either oil, protein or the [...]
Have you checked your grain bins lately?
Managing soybeans doesn’t end with combining. If you have stored them on-farm, you need to continue to manage them. As the winter weather continues [...]
Understanding Test Weight
When we deliver grain, the elevator runs moisture and test weights. For corn and wheat, these measurements can impact price and lead to price [...]
2017 Soybeans: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Every season brings new challenges and opportunities, and the 2017 soybean season certainly had its share. Compared to our surrounding soybean-producing states, Illinois soybean [...]
Understanding Yield Gaps to Improve Yield and Profitability
Understanding the yield gaps in soybeans is one of the first steps in improving yield and profitability. Everyone wants to know what is causing [...]
ILSoyAdvisor Yield Challenge: Growers’ Pursuit of High Yields
The Yield Challenge is in its eighth season since launching in 2010. Over the years, a lot of Illinois producers have participated in the [...]
Late Season Soybean Productivity
Soybeans are moving from flower to pod development and fill. So, what’s happening? As our soybeans are currently in the reproductive stages – most [...]
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