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 [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Micro and Secondary Nutrients on Soybeans: What’s the story?
Recently, I read an article published by a well-respected group of academic researchers on the effects of micronutrients applied to soybeans. Their results showed [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Consider Applying Boron on Soybeans
Soybean yield is related to pod and seed set per acre. And soybeans have a whole lot of growing points leading to branching and [...]
Plant and Soil Health: WEBINAR: Sulphur’s Role in Soybean Production
Wesley Haun, agronomist with H.J. Baker & Bro., discusses what farmers might see happen to their soybean crop if the plants are deficient in [...]
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