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June 18, 2018 Why helping with the Illinois Yield Challenge, since its inception in 2009, interested me and why Illinois needed this initiative. After a career in the fertilizer industry I have been doing contract agronomy work with chemical companies, primarily BASF, and have always been interested in increasing soybean yield. I attended the first Soy Yield Challenge organizational meeting in 2009. At that time many farmers were frustrated with... |
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June 18, 2018 So just how much yield loss comes from volunteer corn?
In Roundup Ready®, Xtend® or Liberty® beans, volunteer corn from the previous corn crop can cause yield loss. However, applying a grass herbicide with your post herbicide application is an easy fix.
So how much yield loss comes from volunteer corn? Recent reports show us the numbers.... |
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June 16, 2018 Expiration dates are included on products such as food and drink, batteries and medicine to indicate they may not be safe or reliable to consume after the indicated time. Often, risks can be associated with using an expired product.
The same could be said for waterway locks and dams. While they don’t come with an expiration date, they do come with an engineered lifespan of about 50 years. Many locks have been in... |
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June 15, 2018 Soybeans planted and coming up—still time to enter the Illinois Yield Challenge. What a spring! After a long and cold winter, we had the second coldest April on record. Some areas of Illinois are still wet, and others are still dry. It seems like the precipitation is stuck and continues to give more of the same wet/dry weather. Even with the moisture challenges we have made record progress planting both corn and beans. Both crops have... |
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June 14, 2018 Are you paying enough attention to your crop’s micronutrient (trace element) needs today?
The uptake of the trace elements iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn) and copper (Cu) by roots is governed by three basic principles.
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June 13, 2018 If you double-crop soybeans after wheat, consider harvesting the wheat at high moisture.
If you double-crop soybeans after wheat and want to increase soybean yield, manage the previous wheat crop by planting an ultra-early variety and harvesting high moisture wheat. By adopting the early wheat system, you can harvest wheat sooner, plant soybeans earlier and increase soybean yield, maybe as much as a bushel a day... |