Weed Management: Fall-Applied Herbicides: Which Weed Species to Target?
URBANA, Ill. – Herbicides applied in the fall often can provide improved control of many winter annual weed species compared with similar applications made [...]
Weed Management: Illinois Researchers Confirm PPO Inhibitor Resistance in Palmer Amaranth
Weed control in Illinois is about to get a little tougher for some farmers. Researchers in the state have announced they’ve found PPO inhibitor [...]
Agronomy: Dicamba Misapplication – Or how I learned to love crinkled beans!
In my time as a Soy Envoy for the past two growing seasons I have attempted to give advice in an unbiased way, trying [...]
Weed Management: Field Day Recap: Getting Soybeans Off To A Good Start
This post highlights material covered in a breakout session sponsored by Northern Partners Cooperative at the recent ILSoyAdvisor Field Days. To see other posts [...]
Agronomy: What is the biggest challenge in raising soybeans?
This month I decided to switch things up just a bit by posing that question to several of my customers across southwest Illinois. The general [...]
Weed Management: Controlling Volunteer Corn in Soybeans
Volunteer corn competes with soybeans for space, water, nutrients and light. University studies show that 2.4 volunteer corn plants per 100 sq. ft. can reduce [...]
Weed Management: Remain Vigilant for Palmer amaranth
Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) has garnered much attention recently in both academic discussions and popular press releases, and with good reason. Among the weedy species [...]
Weed Management: WSSA Survey Ranks Palmer Amaranth as the Most Troublesome Weed in the U.S.
It’s now official. A survey conducted by the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) has ranked Palmer amaranth, also known as Palmer pigweed, as the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]