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 [...]
Agronomy: Soil Conditions for Planting
Been quite this spring in Illinois. Spring came early in March, but then disappeared for a few weeks when it turned cold, snowy and wet. [...]
Agronomy: Webinar: IFCA Video – Phosphorus Runoff Study
The Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association's Annual Convention took place from January 19-21 in Peoria. The IL CCA and NREC session featured the presentation Phosphorus Runoff from Surface and Subsurface [...]
Agronomy: Webinar: IFCA Video – Testing the IL Nutrient Reduction Strategy
The Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association's Annual Convention took place from January 19-21 in Peoria. The IL CCA and NREC session featured the presentation Testing the IL Nutrient Reduction Strategy [...]
Agronomy: Webinar: IFCA Video – Ag Drainage in Illinois: Past, Present and Future
The Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association's Annual Convention took place from January 19-21 in Peoria. The IL CCA and NREC session featured the presentation Ag Drainage in Illinois: Past, Present [...]
Agronomy: Webinar: IFCA Video – Nitrogen and Rain in 2015: Did the corn use it or lose it?
The Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association's Annual Convention took place from January 19-21 in Peoria. The IL CCA and NREC session featured the presentation Nitrogen and Rain in 2015: Did [...]
Agronomy: PODCAST: Soybean Fertility Needs
Terry Wyciskalla, Soy CCA Envoy from Southwest Illinois, discusses how the soil fertility needs differ between soybeans and corn. Soybeans require higher potassium levels [...]
Agronomy: Webinar: IFCA Video – 4R Nutrient Management
The Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association's Annual Convention took place from January 19-21 in Peoria. The IL CCA and NREC session featured the presentation [...]
Plant and Soil Health: WEBINAR: Boron Nutrition for Soybeans
Boron is an essential micronutrient that is critical for soybean plants to thrive. It is required for cell wall and xylem formation, cell elongation, [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Soybeans and Nitrogen Cycling
Back in May 2015 I posted a blog titled “N on Beans: A Different Perspective.” I suggested that the reason soybeans don’t consistently respond [...]
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