Be Prepared if Fusarium Head Blight Rears, You Know, its Ugly Head
While the good news for Illinois wheat growers is that fusarium head blight (FHB) has not been a significant issue the last three years, [...]
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 [...]
What and Where Is Your Weed Problem?
This time of year, growers are riding in combines and grain carts over thousands of acres, and it’s hard not to find areas of [...]
Begin Controlling Weeds Now for 2021 Soybean Acres
The sight of crop fields brightly adorned with blooming weeds in April and May is becoming an increasingly common occurrence in Illinois. While this [...]
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 [...]
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