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8 Key Soybean Diseases (and 1 Worm) To Watch Out For (and What To Do About Them)
According to the Crop Protection Network, soybean producers in Illinois lose just under half a billion dollars annually to diseases. This equates to an [...]
Considerations When Selecting From 3 Different Soybean Herbicide Trait Platforms
As we move closer to the 2020 growing season, one key decision that Illinois growers are making is which soybean herbicide trait platform to [...]
What Is the Disease Triangle?
Have you ever wondered why certain diseases cause problems during certain seasons but not others? A disease is a living organism that wants to [...]
Phytophthora in Illinois Soybean Production
This article was originally published on the farmdoc daily website. The oomycete Phytophthora sojae, is a soil borne organism which is the predominant cause [...]
Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020
Every growing season provides us with an opportunity for learning, and 2019 was certainly no exception to this rule. Although we need to be [...]
Are My Soybeans Turning Or Is That a Disease I See?
As I drive through southeastern Illinois, I see very few soybean fields that have started to turn. This is due in part to the [...]
Soybean Fungicide Application Advice
According to a recent @ILSoyAdvisor Twitter poll, over half (56%) of the respondents indicated that they always spray fungicide on their beans. We want [...]
Cool and Wet Weather Bring on Bacterial Blight
2019 has been an unusual season with a wet spring and very late planting followed by drier weather and outbreaks of diseases and pests. [...]
Management guidelines for soybeans under stress
In many parts of the state we have been plagued by saturated soils from a very early time. We continued to get record rainfall [...]