Planning For Hungry Soybean Plants
Planting season has begun and with it comes the anticipation of in-season crop management decisions. Optimizing fertility management is one of the cornerstones of [...]
What Your Waterhemp Hopes You Don’t Know
The 2021 planting season has begun in many counties across Illinois which means a new year is beginning for fresh thoughts and ideas. The [...]
Why Should I Care About Soil Health?
Everywhere you turn, the words “soil health,” “regenerative,” and “sustainable” are buzzing in the agriculture space. There are carbon credit markets, EQIP and CSP [...]
How To Evaluate A Field
I am sure most of our readers have been in a situation where they have called their seed rep or agronomist and told them [...]
Deciphering Types of Income
Introduction It’s that time of year again…tax time. Many farmers have already filed March 1, others will file by May 17 (the normal filing [...]
ASA: Carbon Market Snapshot
The American Soybean Association provided a snapshot for crop producers of the carbon market landscape as of April 2021. Most of the current opportunities [...]
Conducting Quality On-Farm Research
Digital ag platforms such as Climate FieldView have made it easy for farmers to conduct research on their own acreage. These tools allow growers [...]
Tillage Benchmarks for Soybeans in Illinois
This article was originally published on FarmdocDaily. The costs of machinery ownership and labor are two important factors when considering tillage decisions (Swanson et [...]
A Pretty Penny: Pennycress Cover Crop Could Play a Part in Helping Solve the Climate Puzzle
This blog was originally published to the Biodiesel Sustainability Now website. In solving a puzzle, sometimes it’s the smallest pieces that can help complete [...]
Early Planting Soybean? Yield Increase Secret Unlocked!
Early planted soybeans are a hot topic and is the cheapest input to higher yields in soybeans, barring any replants, it costs nothing extra. [...]
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