Agronomy: Palmer amaranth could affect Illinois soybean yield
URBANA, Ill. – Although agricultural weed Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) primarily impacts southern U.S. states, new research shows it could soon spread further north [...]
Weed Management: Dealing With Waterhemp Resistance
During the last two years waterhemp has exploded in soybean fields. Are they herbicide-resistant? Were they too tall to be controlled by a post [...]
PROFITABILITY MATTERS: Watch These Weeds
Herbicide resistance is already a common issue in southern Illinois, one which presses northward each year. Without careful management, it’s only a matter time [...]
Weed Management: Considerations for Weed Management in 2016: Part 3
Multiple or EffectiveThe continuing and expanding challenges imposed on agronomic cropping systems by weed populations resistant to various herbicides has led to renewed interest in [...]
Agronomy: Considerations for Weed Management in 2016: Part 1
One of the founding fathers of the United States is often credited as the source of the phrase “in this world nothing can be certain, [...]
Agronomy: “Old Weeds” are the New Problem
As soybean harvest progressed this fall many farmers noted and commented on the job their herbicide program did on waterhemp. This year it was [...]
Weed Management: Wet Year = Weed Control Challenges
What to do when Mother Nature messes up your soybean weed control program … In spite of the most modern technology and best high-yield [...]
Weed Management: Water-hemp Popping Up
Water-hemp is becoming a real headache as a weed. Drive around the countryside in August, regardless of what state you’re in, and you can [...]
Agronomy: Biotic Stresses Were Minimal in Soybeans
Seems insect and disease pressure were very minimal in soybeans in 2015. Soybeans are ripening rapidly. And while you may see the occasional green [...]
How to Handle Weed Escapes
I have a lot of broadleaf weed escapes in my soybeans. The question that I have is will there be a soybean yield loss [...]