2019 has been a year to remember, or maybe, it has been a year most of us in the agriculture community would like to [...]

The 2019 weather year was chaotic and variable, with multiple extreme events that added tremendous difficulty for farmers and producers. Here I’ll review the [...]

Biodiesel is one of the Illinois soybean checkoff program’s greatest success stories. This renewable fuel, made from soybean oil, contributes to cleaner air and [...]

We can easily see corn showing signs of drought or heat symptoms, but signs of soybeans under drought stress aren’t as obvious. When soybeans [...]

It has been a cool and wet spring, which has led to ponded fields, saturated soils, and delayed field work and planting. The crop, [...]

Excessive rainfall and quick snow melt have led to flooding, ponding water and saturated soils. These conditions could impact when acticities begin this spring. [...]

Early springs can create trying conditions for producers. In 2018, it snowed in Illinois on April 9. It was cool and wet through the [...]

Co-authored by Nathan Kleczeski and Nick Seiter, University of Illinois. Many in the Illinois agricultural community are wondering what effects the recent extreme cold [...]

Test weight is important with corn because if it drops too low sellers are docked and buyers can even reject the grain. And corn [...]

Abiotic stress impacts metabolism, growth and yield—it’s that simple. Abiotic stresses are caused by drought, excessive water-logging or flooding, extreme cold or heat, salinity, [...]