Have you ever wondered why certain diseases cause problems during certain seasons but not others? A disease is a living organism that wants to [...]

This article was originally published on the farmdoc daily website. The oomycete Phytophthora sojae, is a soil borne organism which is the predominant cause [...]

Every growing season provides us with an opportunity for learning, and 2019 was certainly no exception to this rule. Although we need to be [...]

As I drive through southeastern Illinois, I see very few soybean fields that have started to turn. This is due in part to the [...]

According to a recent @ILSoyAdvisor Twitter poll, over half (56%) of the respondents indicated that they always spray fungicide on their beans. We want [...]

2019 has been an unusual season with a wet spring and very late planting followed by drier weather and outbreaks of diseases and pests. [...]

In many parts of the state we have been plagued by saturated soils from a very early time. We continued to get record rainfall [...]

One doesn’t have to drive too many miles on country roads to find a field of beans that is not as deep green as [...]

In a year with delayed planting and struggles to get the crop planted I thought about changing my topic from Sclerotinia stem rot (Soybean [...]

The use of foliar fertilizers has been steadily increasing in recent years. I believe this is due to the drive to reach higher yields [...]