Insect Management: Managing foliar-feeding pests of soybean
The decision to treat for foliar-feeding insects in soybean is based upon a threshold for plant defoliation, but it is important to know what insect [...]
Disease Management: To spray or not to spray fungicides, that is the question
The two most common foliar diseases in Illinois that will respond to fungicides are Frogeye leaf spot and Septoria brown spot. Cercospora leaf blight is [...]
Weed Management: Optimizing Liberty Performance
Weed resistance is a fact of life when growing corn and soybeans. Growers need multiple tools available and LibertyLink® soybeans and Liberty® herbicide are two [...]
Disease Management: If, not when, Asian soybean rust makes it to the Midwest
We’ve all heard rumblings of extremely early Asian soybean rust (ASR) confirmations in the South and many are wondering if this may be the year [...]
Agronomy: Field Day Preview: LibertyLink System
As we continue to battle herbicide-resistant weeds, especially in the pigweed species, it is important to use multiple herbicides with different modes of action, as [...]
Disease Management: Webinar: Managing Soybean Diseases
Stephanie Porter, Soy CCA Envoy from West Central Illinois and Sales Agronomist with Burrus® Hybrids, reviews the most prevalent soybean diseases, all of which [...]
Agronomy: Post Tank Mixes for Waterhemp
Controlling waterhemp is a challenge for growers across Illinois and the Corn Belt and the No. 1 subject of questions I received during the last [...]
Disease Management: Another Tool to Add to the SCN Armory
Soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) and root knot nematodes are both major pests in soybeans and reduce field yield potential. Genetic resistance is imperfect and the [...]
Insect Management: Early Scouting for Disease and Insects
Growers or their agronomists should start scouting fields beginning with emergence and assessing plant stands and early weed emergence and identification in May. In doing [...]
Weed Management: Postemergence Options to Control Waterhemp in Soybean
Waterhemp continues to be one of the most widespread and troublesome broadleaf weed species with which Illinois farmers must contend. Factors related to the species’ [...]