PROFITABILITY MATTERS: Seed Selection
The 2013 soybean harvest is coming to a close, and it’s time to think about where crops are headed beyond the elevator—to soybean processors, [...]
Agronomy: Variety Selection for Double-Crop Soybeans
Sourcing quality seed—seed with the genetic potential to maximize production in a specific region, and adapted to modern management systems and other agronomic factors—is [...]
Plant and Soil Health: Year of Soil Coming to an End
We will soon be leaving 2015 behind us. As a reminder, 2015 has been the International Year of Soil. It is a tribute to our [...]
Agronomy: Soybeans: Responses to Nitrogen Unpredictable
Do soybeans need supplemental nitrogen? Will they ever respond if you apply fertilizer nitrogen? To apply or not apply nitrogen on soybeans is a question [...]
Agronomy: Growing Continuous Beans: Disease Risk
Some growers will decide to plant back to back soybeans because of recent grain market outlooks. Most sources say that if a grower chooses to [...]
Agronomy: Growing Continuous Beans: Cover Crops
Planting cover crops can lessen the risk of yield drag on second-year soybeans, and planting them after soybean harvest gives you an opportunity to plant [...]
Agronomy: Recent Rapid Increases in Soybean Yields Attributed to Technology and Technical Backing
Rapid increases in yield gains in soybeans are attributed to technology, focus on better management and contributions from the army of CCAs across Illinois who [...]
Agronomy: Growing Continuous Beans: Are They Profitable?
With today’s soybean yield expectations, will planting some fields back to soybeans be more profitable than planting a field back to corn? Just might be [...]
Weed Management: Considerations for Weed Management in 2016: Part 3
Multiple or EffectiveThe continuing and expanding challenges imposed on agronomic cropping systems by weed populations resistant to various herbicides has led to renewed interest in [...]
Agronomy: Growing Continuous Beans: Variety Selection
Want to plant back to soybeans after the last soybean crop? Start with selecting the right variety. With everyone looking for ways to trim [...]
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