Assessing water damage to emerged soybeans
Information to help soybean producers assess yield losses associated with ponded or waterlogged fields. Frequent and heavy rains have created waterlogged and ponded areas [...]
Wet Weather: Flooding, Poor Nodulation, and Disease Concerns
The forecast for the coming week is for continued rain and in many cases this will fall on already saturated soils across the northern [...]
Get to the Root of the Problem: An Easy Way to Check for SCN
The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) was first discovered in Iowa more than 35 years ago, in Winnebago County in 1978 to be specific. The [...]
Early Season Soybean Injury Does Not Always Translate into Yield Loss
Last year, we had more soybean injury from pre-emergence herbicides than I’ve ever seen. It was an epidemic that many farmers across the state [...]
Evaluate Late Emerging Soybeans
Most soybeans got planted in May and even during the last week of the month with remnants being planted in early June. Frequent rains [...]
ILeVO seed treatment and its use with pre-emerge herbicides
Bayer CropScience introduced this year its new ILeVO® seed treatment for soybeans. ILeVO is the first fungicide that will provide control of Sudden Death [...]
Managing early-season soybean diseases
By now, your soybeans should be in the ground — and hopefully on a good growth trajectory. But even though your crop might look [...]
Weeds: Is Your Waterhemp not Going Down?
The University of Illinois Plant Clinic is excited to be providing a new service to Illinois soybean growers. The Clinic is now offering molecular [...]
Disease: Applying Cobra Herbicide to Soybeans for White Mold Prevention
Will applying Cobra® Herbicide really protect soybeans against white mold? That is the question that I and my fellow high-yield soybean enthusiasts set out [...]
Insects: Scouting for Early Season Insects in Soybeans
A number of insects can attack soybeans early in the season, either at aphid or during the early vegetative stages. It pays to be [...]