IL Soy Envoys share regional updates on weather challenges, soil conditions, crusting, replanting and other agronomy issues.

After a life‑changing farm accident, Oliver Kragelund shares how he rebuilt his career path in agriculture and benefited from ISA’s mentorship program along the way.

Rachel Vann breaks down how early soybean vegetative growth builds the engine that powers pod and seed development later in the season.

Cap Warren reflects on how ISA’s mentorship program strengthened his path toward becoming a first‑generation row‑crop and cattle farmer.

Matt Reardon explains how El Niño’s quick rise and Illinois’ weather swing from dust storms to downpours are setting up a very different summer ahead.

Rodrigo Werle breaks down preliminary findings on how well soil‑residual herbicides perform when planting green into heavy cover‑crop biomass.