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 [...]

Sulfur is one of the essential nutrients that is required by all plants to live and successfully complete their life cycle. Just like any [...]

Illinois producers spend a lot of time developing a strong corn nitrogen program and implementing it throughout the growing season. We know that nitrogen [...]

Phosphorus was recently in the spotlight as the American Society of Agronomy celebrated Phosphorus Week, September 15-21. It seems appropriate to celebrate the discovery [...]