Actively Managing SCN Protects Yields
The SCN Coalition wants soybean growers and their advisors to consider the impacts soybean cyst nematode (SCN) can have on their bottom lines if [...]
Much Ado About Bean Leaf Beetles
In my most recent ILSoyAdvisor post, while discussing late-season scouting for insects, I mentioned bean leaf beetles. I wrote that they rarely are present [...]
Is That SDS?
Growers are learning that planting earlier soybeans can bump yields, but the last several years in Illinois have been wet and cold and that [...]
PODCAST: Scouting for Late-Season Soybean Insects and Diseases
Jason Carr, CCA Soy Envoy and Bayer Crop Science Technology Development Representative, is on the podcast this week to discuss what soybean insects and [...]
Fungicide Chemistry 101: What Do All of Those Terms and Chemical Names Mean?
The sights and sounds of airplanes, helicopters and ground sprayers in Illinois corn and soybean fields during July and August usually means one thing: [...]
Bean Leaf Beetles Aren’t Only A Spring Issue
Bean Leaf Beetles … Wait, didn’t we already battle them during the spring? Yes, but this insect will have two adult generations in a [...]
Understanding Plant Hormones in Soybeans
As agronomists or producers, it’s our responsibility to understand how to properly manage a soybean crop for a given field’s conditions each season. Our [...]
Why Does Disease Management Matter?
I’m sure several people have seen ground applicators, planes and helicopters spraying fungicides on corn and soybean fields across Illinois. Usually the next few [...]
Conservation of Natural Enemies of Insect Pests
This article was originally published on the Soybean Research & Information Network, a checkoff funded website. Conservation biological control is protecting the natural enemies [...]
Stink Bugs
This article was originally published on the Soybean Research & Information Network, a checkoff funded website. In southern states, stink bugs collectively are the [...]
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