Crop Progress: USDA Report
As the 2019 calendar year comes to an end, in many soybean regions, Illinois harvest still has a way to go. The below chart [...]
Storage Tips for World Trips
This article was originally published in the November issue of Soy Perspectives magazine. The 2019 soybean harvest is a memorable one. Millions fewer bushels [...]
Soil Temperature: Is It Just Another Number?
Soils are a geological work of art that have a strong interaction with the environment and regional challenges. Some people may see soils as [...]
Potassium and Soybean Production
Having spent my time as a CCA Soy Envoy writing about micronutrients, sulfur, nitrogen and phosphorus, it seems appropriate to close out the year [...]
Put Your Thinking Cap On
In Illinois we are not only blessed with fertile soils, we are also blessed to have a great agriculture network of industry professionals to [...]
Let’s Talk Soybean Trade
As I sit in my combine watching the harvest fill up grain cart after grain cart, I’m sure I’ll wonder at times where my [...]
Controlling Marestail with a Fall Application
With all the challenges we have faced in 2019, I figure we’ll see a few more before December gets here. One that particularly concerns [...]
Soil Sampling Considerations
When should I test soils? For years, fall soil sampling was the standard practice. However, it became a challenge to collect samples, get a [...]
Are You Neutral?
If asked, most people can tell you their Social Security number and maybe their spouse’s birthday, but how many producers could accurately tell you [...]
Seeing is Believing
In modern production agriculture, sometimes we need to see proof before we can believe. Every year growers perform on-farm research trials to search for [...]
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