2021 Wheat Crop Reflection
The 2021 wheat crop has the chance of being very good in overall production as well as a very profitable crop this year with [...]
Pandemic-Induced Supply Chain Issues Still Prevalent
The past 14 months have been extremely tough on all of us. What started as “Two Weeks to Flatten the Curve,” stretched into over [...]
Do Nutrients Have Parkas?
Many have heard that pH affects nutrient availability in their soil or uptake by the plant. We try to have pH around 6.0 to [...]
5 Tips to Cover All the Cover Crop Bases
Submitted by Illinois Farm Bureau Managing nutrients on farms can be accomplished in different ways, depending on what farmers each have to work with [...]
DTN/Progressive Farmer: Liberty Refresher
This article was originally published on DTN/Progressive Farmer. ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Glufosinate herbicides, often sold under the Liberty brand, are in higher demand [...]
Three Considerations Before Making Soybean Replant Decisions
A final soybean population stand of 90,000-110,000 planted early can still support optimum yield potential. However, if soybean population stand counts are between 50,000-70,000, [...]
Operation Weed Eradication: Adopting a Zero-Tolerance Approach to Pigweeds
Since the beginning of agriculture, the battle between weeds and farmers has been constant as weeds continue to adapt to management practices in order [...]
Three Considerations When Evaluating Early Stands
The U. S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA NASS) released its latest Crop Progress and Conditions report on May 3, 2021, [...]
Putting Those Planter Upgrades to Use in Soybeans
Spring is in full-swing and a lot of beans and few acres of corn are already in the ground here in Central Illinois. The [...]
Diary of a Soybean
Hi there, my name is Max. Well, my full name is Glycine max, but almost nobody calls me that. You see, I am a [...]
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