Plant and Soil Health: Value of Soybean Tissue Testing for Phosphorus and Potassium
BackgroundSoil testing is a useful and commonly used diagnostic tool for making phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilization decisions. Tissue testing has been suggested for [...]
Podcast: Bioreactors
University of Illinois Assistant Professor of Water Quality, Laura Christianson, Ph.D., goes in-depth on bioreactors. Bioreactors are an edge-of-field filtration system that reduce the [...]
Soil Health – A Renewal
Today we read articles and hear talks about the importance of soil health and learning to pay more attention to it, and adopting practices that [...]
Agronomy: Soybean Best Management Practices
Are you following the best management practices for conservation and nutrient loss reduction? Illinois farmers, the fertilizer industry and government agencies, along with agronomists and [...]
Agronomy: Soybean response to standing water and saturated soils
Soybean planting has yet to begin in earnest in Kansas, based on the USDA Crop Progress and Condition Report from April 25, 2016. Nonetheless, some [...]
Agronomy: Impact of Saturated Soils on Seedling Survival
So you got your beans planted—then it rained and rained and now you’re wondering how your crop “stands?” Or how soybean seeds and emerging seedlings [...]
Agronomy: My Take on Increasing Soybean’s Value Proposition
I am pleased to have this opportunity to post an editorial on ISA’s ILSoyAdvisor management website. Soybeans are a unique crop whose end product is [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Are we getting enough sulfur?
While visiting my customers in Southwest Illinois over the last few weeks, I have noticed pronounced yellow-green areas in the wheat fields. You’re now thinking, [...]
Agronomy: Soybean response to foliar fertilizer and fungicide
There is concern among soybean producers that micronutrient deficiencies and foliar diseases are causing yield reductions in Michigan. As such, there is a tendency among [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Webinar: Should Manure be Part of your Crop Production?
Applying manure can be a beneficial practice that increases organic matter and adds nutrients to the soil, but there are various factors to be [...]
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