Successful Double Crop Soybean Programs Start With Selecting the Right Genetics
Successful double crop soybean programs start with selecting the right wheat genetics. Double cropping soybeans after wheat is a common rotation in Southern Illinois. [...]
Nitrogen on Soybeans: Here is What We Know
Soybeans require nitrogen and lots of it because it’s a protein crop, and proteins contain 16% nitrogen. For decades we have relied on the [...]
2017 Soybeans: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Every season brings new challenges and opportunities, and the 2017 soybean season certainly had its share. Compared to our surrounding soybean-producing states, Illinois soybean [...]
Understanding Yield Gaps to Improve Yield and Profitability
Understanding the yield gaps in soybeans is one of the first steps in improving yield and profitability. Everyone wants to know what is causing [...]
My Test Results – Ultra-Early Vs Early Planted Soybeans
Ultra-early planting can work but there are risks How early can soybeans be planted and have a yield advantage? Even with a yield advantage [...]
Sampling for SCN
Are you benchmarking your soil’s SCN population? Because SCN can impact yield, even without showing above-ground plant symptoms, it pays to know what is [...]
Controlling Volunteer Wheat
Volunteer wheat is probably the number one potential weed problem in double-crop soybeans. Most often in double-crop soybeans herbicides are needed to control existing [...]
Is Soybean Vein Necrosis Virus a Problem?
I am going to date myself but, when working at the University of Illinois Plant Clinic during graduate school, I can remember finding these [...]
Learn from Your Weed Challenges
As we approach harvest this year, it’s a good time to reflect on what happened during the season. It was an extremely trying year [...]
Thinking About Adding Nitrogen
African soybean producer wants to know if he should be applying nitrogen to his soybeans. ILSoyAdvisor, ISA’s soybean management website, has global reach. We [...]
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