The State of Carbon: Which Way is Up?
This blog post previews the content of Jonah Kolb’s presentation during the Carbon Track at ISA’s 2022 Soybean Summit on [...]
New research results provide more cover crop recommendations
Updated from the 2019 edition and expanded to 16 pages, the new Guide encourages adopters to think a “systems” approach when it comes to [...]
NASS Crop Production Forecasts
This is the third blog post in a series from NASS. […]
Welcome New Precision Conservation Management Specialist
Frank Rademacher is the newest edition to the PCM team and heard about the position because he himself has been a part of PCM [...]
Considerations for insecticides in a post chlorpyrifos world
Chlorpyrifos is an insecticide in the organophosphate (OP) (IRAC-1B) group that has been in use since 1965. To put that in perspective, in 1965 [...]
The Importance of Grain Estimates in the Marketplace – Why Are We Showing Our Hand?
At the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) we take pride in providing reports of agricultural commodities to the public in an unbiased manner, at [...]
Program Application Deadlines
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced deadlines for several program applications in early 2022. Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - Agricultural and [...]
Better Late Than Never
For most of us, planning the 2021 crop year started in earnest over a year ago. We planned the work, then we worked the [...]
Viewing Your Yield Data Through Different Lenses
As harvest begins to wrap up and our minds shift towards next year, for many of us that brings opportunity, optimism, and perhaps a [...]
Post Harvest Evaluations and Assessments
This article was originally published in the September issue of Illinois Field & Bean. View the article here. Harvest has always been a crowd [...]
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