Agronomy: 2016 ILSoyAdvisor Field Days
If you grow soybeans, then you can’t miss out. The Illinois Soybean Association checkoff program has one goal—to help our state’s soybean farmers be the [...]
Agronomy: Post Tank Mixes for Waterhemp
Controlling waterhemp is a challenge for growers across Illinois and the Corn Belt and the No. 1 subject of questions I received during the last [...]
Agronomy: Yellowing of Soybeans
One of the things we may observe in soybeans in June is yellowing, generally not field wide like nitrogen-deficient corn but more spotty and localized on [...]
Disease Management: Another Tool to Add to the SCN Armory
Soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) and root knot nematodes are both major pests in soybeans and reduce field yield potential. Genetic resistance is imperfect and the [...]
Agronomy: Lodged Wheat: The Double-Crop Nightmare
To say that Southern Illinois has been blessed with rain this spring is an understatement. Here at our farm we have had over 9 inches [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Value of Soybean Tissue Testing for Phosphorus and Potassium
BackgroundSoil testing is a useful and commonly used diagnostic tool for making phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilization decisions. Tissue testing has been suggested for [...]
Insect Management: Early Scouting for Disease and Insects
Growers or their agronomists should start scouting fields beginning with emergence and assessing plant stands and early weed emergence and identification in May. In doing [...]
Agronomy: What big data might mean for soybean productivity
Big data gives you the ability to capture information you can use to make decisions that improve the yield and profitability of your soybean crop. [...]
Weed Management: Postemergence Options to Control Waterhemp in Soybean
Waterhemp continues to be one of the most widespread and troublesome broadleaf weed species with which Illinois farmers must contend. Factors related to the species’ [...]
Disease Management: 2016 Forecast for Sudden Death Syndrome in Early Planted Soybeans
Many are all too aware of Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS). We usually don’t worry about this disease until later in the season, when we can [...]
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