Increasing soybean’s ability to handle stress
Enroll in the 2017 Yield Challenge side-by-side comparison and test out a product that “immunizes” a plant to improve its ability to handle stress. [...]
Testing Soybean Grains for Potassium Deficiency
This article was originally published on PotashCorp eKonomics. Identifying the cause — or in some cases, multiple causes — of lower-than-expected yields is a complicated [...]
Variable seeding saves money
Variable-rate seeding is a practice you should adopt with today’s precision farming technology and hydraulically driven planters. Considering high seed costs, erratic weather conditions [...]
Strategies for Planting Soybeans Late
What to consider if rain delays soybean planting past May 15. As we progress later into the soybean growing season, you may be asking [...]
Dry Soils and Residual Herbicides
Article originally posted on the Bulletin. Decades ago it was very common for the majority of corn and soybean acres in Illinois to be [...]
Checking the Pulse of Nitrogen Fixation
How much nitrogen is your soybean crop capable of fixing? Soybeans fix nitrogen. With soybean yields of 40, 50 or even 60 bushels per [...]
Top 5 Reasons to Reduce Your Soybean Populations
Original article posted on the Burrus Buzz. Seeding rate, actual plant population, and row spacing are all tied together. In the past, a higher [...]
Soybeans are planted. Now what?
Now that your soybeans are up, take time to evaluate your soybean stand. Once a soybean seed is planted it’s in the hands of [...]
WET WEATHER AND EVALUATING SOYBEAN STAND
Original article posted on C.O.R.N. Newsletter. Saturated soils after soybean planting can cause uneven emergence and stand reductions of varying extent depending on the [...]
Bean Leaf Beetles: The pest that keeps on giving
Bean leaf beetles are usually the first insect pest to attack soybeans early and come around later for another bite as well. Bean leaf [...]