With harvest almost upon us, its time to start evaluating crop nutrient removal rates in preparation for the 2021 crop. There are a lot [...]

Potassium is critical in determining soybean yields as it supports protein synthesis, turgor potential and stomatal function, and increases enzyme activation. Potassium deficiency starts [...]

Most soybean fields in Illinois are finally at a point where there is not much more a producer can do to protect top end [...]

Yield is a fixed number that soybean growers use to validate how well a particular variety performed or how well a treatment protected yield. [...]

What are biologicals? There has been an explosion of biological product offerings on the agriculture market purported to increase plant health, crop quality and [...]

What do they do? Soybeans are self-sufficient in their ability to fixate a large percentage of their own nitrogen, a unique ability provided to [...]

Nitrogen nutrient requirements for soybeans are much less than they are for corn (total volume/acre). Why is that? Soybeans require every essential nutrient that [...]

Are you able to look at a plant and know exactly which nutrients might be limiting yield this growing season? In some cases, a [...]

Soybeans are amazing plants. Unlike our other major crop in Illinois, they’re not as cut and dried which is usually a good thing. Have [...]

What is the most important nutrient for a soybean crop? Depending on who you ask, potassium, nitrogen or manganese might be the answers you [...]