Practical Methods for Using Tissue Nutrient Analysis Results
We are just past the summer solstice and per the “crop” calendar, halfway through the year already. One activity that is often overlooked at this [...]
Evaluating Early Planting Soybean
Planting a crop can be an emotional roller coaster for a farmer, besides selling grain too soon. My grandfather would say “put your bare [...]
The Hidden World Beneath Your Feet
At first glance, soil looks rather uninteresting. It might be brown, red, gray, white, or other colors depending on organic matter content and mineral [...]
Proper Soybean Staging and Implications for Management
Illinois grows the most bushels of soybeans of any state in the United States. The varieties we typically grow here are called “indeterminate” which [...]
STARting a Plan for Success
To many farmers, planning for next year’s crop is not easy and involves agronomic, financial, business, and legal decisions. Where to start? What factors [...]
Moisture Saturation and Oxygen Depravation
Many parts of the Central Illinois region have been hit with multiple inches of rain, causing several ponding issues. One observation we can easily [...]
Considerations for Insecticide Use
For many in the agriculture industry, a soybean field is an amazing population of plants that convert sunlight energy and nutrients into a high [...]
SOYLEIC Varieties Provide Food Market With High-Value Soybean Oil
SOYLEIC, patented by the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, is a non-GMO, high-oleic trait available for today’s soybean varieties, which results in high oleic oil [...]
Growing a Carbon Program
This article was originally published in the July issue of the Illinois Field & Bean magazine. Read the full article here. It seems as [...]
Diary of a Soybean – Entry 2
Hello again, it’s Max the soybean. If you remember, my siblings and I were planted on March 10 and had come through some pretty [...]
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