Why helping with the Illinois Yield Challenge, since its inception in 2009, interested me and why Illinois needed this initiative. After a career in [...]

If you double-crop soybeans after wheat, consider harvesting the wheat at high moisture. If you double-crop soybeans after wheat and want to increase soybean [...]

At the end of the day, the yield of soybeans is determined by the number of pods per acre. The greater the number of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

If you grow soybeans you are selling pounds of oil and pounds of protein, not bushels. End users buy either oil, protein or the [...]

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 [...]

When we deliver grain, the elevator runs moisture and test weights. For corn and wheat, these measurements can impact price and lead to price [...]

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 [...]