It’s Never too Late in the Fight Against Weeds
When Roundup Ready® soybeans were introduced, times were good. You could schedule your spray application from the calendar and not think twice about whether [...]
Identifying SDS and What Management Practices Pay
Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is a soilborne fungal disease that historically has ranked within the top five most damaging diseases affecting soybeans in the [...]
Managing Bean Leaf Beetles in Soybeans
Bean leaf beetles are among the first insect pests we see each spring. The adults leave their overwintering sites when temperatures begin to warm [...]
Managing Weeds Before They Become a Problem
The saying “It’s better to be proactive instead of reactive.” holds a lot of weight for soybean growers when it comes to managing weeds [...]
The What, When, Why and How of Weed Management
Weeds are biological structures that are formed from a seed with a sole purpose to grow, reproduce with at least one successful offspring. Wow, [...]
The Agronomics of SDS
Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) is caused by the fungus, Fusarium virguliforme. Favorable conditions for SDS infection and symptom development can be divided into two [...]
WEBINAR: Seedling Diseases Can Keep Your Plants From Popping
1 CEU in Integrated Pest Management
Making A Burndown Recommendation
Marestail is very challenging to control in central and southern Illinois. Because it’s a winter annual, marestail germinates in the fall and starts to [...]
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 [...]
What is IPM?
In modern production agriculture, it’s important that we look at the big picture of how to manage yield-robbing pests. It’s human nature to gravitate [...]
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