Agronomy: February Illinois Field & Bean: Editor’s Picks
The February issue of Illinois Field & Bean focuses on soil health and fertility -- a topic that is always top of mind before the [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Manure an Economical Fertilizer Option
Illinois farmers will need to rely on fertilizers to replenish soils after the record 2014 crop. Brothers Brad and Brian Thomas farm together near [...]
SHOWCASE FARMER: Robert Woodruff
The farmer. Robert “Woody” Woodruff grows corn, soybeans and wheat in rotation on his farm near Modesto in Morgan County. He is a second-generation [...]
Plant & Soil Health – Reducing Gully Erosion in Crop Fields
With the intense rains this past season, some areas of the state had considerable gully erosion cutting up the fields, bounced across and made [...]
Agronomy: Managing Crop Residue
Producers plant soybeans either back into cornstalks or wheat stubble—both very high residue crops that can present some special challenges for the next crop. [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Becoming an Environmentally Conscious Steward
What does it take to be considered improved environmental steward at the farm gate? Is it a focus on water quality, an environmental footprint, [...]
Plant & Soil Health: How Does Gypsum Benefit the Soil?
As a part-time farmer I am an advocate of gypsum because I have seen it change the nature of soil. As an agronomist, however, [...]
Agronomics: Time to Track Compaction
Is compaction an issue on your farm and is it limiting yield? Compaction limits root growth, soil porosity, water movement and water holding capacity [...]
Health: Keeping Your Soil Engine Humming
Soil is like an engine, helping to drive higher yields and profits. And the investments in making that engine run—seed, fertility, crop protection—aren’t small. [...]
Plant & Soil Health: Because You Can’t Do Anything About the Weather
Some years are hot and dry. Some years are cold and wet. Freezes can be too late in the spring or too early in [...]
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