PROFITABILITY MATTERS: Powerful Nutrient Package Boosts Yields
No longer dismissed as a waste byproduct, manure is now considered a high-value nutrient package that boasts a number of soil-enhancing benefits. With the [...]
Agronomy: Soybeans: Responses to Nitrogen Unpredictable
Do soybeans need supplemental nitrogen? Will they ever respond if you apply fertilizer nitrogen? To apply or not apply nitrogen on soybeans is a question [...]
WEBINAR: Getting the Most out of Your Soybeans with Good P and K Nutrition
Providing adequate amounts of phosphorous and potassium nutrition can help soybean plants reach their potential yield. When these nutrients are deficient in the soil, [...]
Agronomy: Updates on the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy with IFCA
ISA hosted its first regional ILSoyAdvisor Field Days this year. From August4 – 6, we brought soybean experts to fields around the state to share [...]
Agronomy: Understanding Foliar Nutritionals
Finally, harvest 2015 is about over. During this past season we have discussed what worked, what didn’t, what we need to look at next year [...]
Agronomy: Soybeans – Fall Fertility Plans
Growers are harvesting corn and soybeans and experiencing surprisingly good yields for a summer plagued by too much rain, too little rain and wacky [...]
Agronomy: WEBINAR: Implementing the 4Rs to Avoid the Big R (Regulation)
Illinois’ Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS) aims to reduce nutrient losses to the Mississippi River Basin by 45% by 2025. For farmers and retailers, [...]
Stepping Up to Avoid Nutrient Regulations
Nutrient Regulations: The possibility in Illinois has farmers on edge. With regulations in the Chesapeake Bay and Ohio, and litigation in Iowa, it seems [...]
Eight Statistics That Prove U.S. Soybean Farmers are Sustainable
Chesterfield, Missouri (July 14, 2015)--For soybean farmers, sustainability isn’t a buzzword; it’s a way of life. Farmers were green before it was even a [...]
Sustainability Showcase Event (The Maschhoffs)
In light of the recent Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS) release, nutrient management practices have been on the minds of producers statewide. On [...]