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A Brief Illinois Climate and Water Summary and Outlook for 2020 So Far
The year 2020 started out very wet and warm throughout most of Illinois. Statewide precipitation averaged 10.30 inches through the end of March, 3.21 [...]
Don’t Forget To Check on Stored Grain
As the 2020 planting season is upon us, it’s important to remember and check on the stored grain from fall 2019. A lot of [...]
Clearing the Confusion Around Soybean Seed Treatments
In the past 14 years I’ve worked in agriculture, I’d say no segment of the business has changed as rapidly as soybean seed treatments. [...]
Making A Burndown Recommendation
Marestail is very challenging to control in central and southern Illinois. Because it’s a winter annual, marestail germinates in the fall and starts to [...]
Early Bean Gets the Worm
There is no doubt that each year growers are testing the limits of early planted soybeans. Although most talk about the risk of disease [...]
Importance of Developing a Scouting Program
The crops grown in production agriculture have a very high value and achieve optimum yield when they have little competition for resources. Therefore, in [...]
The Surprising Story of Soil Compaction Caused by Water
We’ve all seen water standing in low spots as we’re driving by fields, but why is the water there? Is there nowhere for the [...]
The Final Soy Checklist
We all know that it’s very important to plant soybeans in fields that will allow for their full genetic potential to be expressed. A [...]
Cover Crop Termination
Spring green up and growth of cover crops is occurring and has been for several weeks in some areas. You should consider terminating cover [...]
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