Conditions Favorable for Early to Mid Season Soybean Diseases
With consistent moisture in many parts of the state, we continue to see some fields developing disease problems. Fields vary significantly in growth stage with [...]
Tall Weeds are Challenging
Options for controlling large weeds in soybeans … Heavy and frequent rainfall throughout the month of June has made timely postemergence weed control in [...]
2015 was the year to put down PREs
This was the year that not using residual herbicide at planting shows. Some farmers got the seed in the ground, but either did not [...]
New Focus on Soybean Webcast Highlights Oomycetes’ Role in Rot Resistance
New Focus on Soybean Webcast Highlights Oomycetes’ Role in Rot Resistance Before soybean plant disease resistance can be achieved, it is important to understand [...]
Weeds and Water
When a spring that started off cold and dry turns warm and wet it becomes challenging to stay ahead of weed infestations. The appearance [...]
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 [...]
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