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January 12, 2018 This article was originally published on farmdoc DAILY. This is a presentation summary from the 2017 Illinois Farm Economics Summit (IFES) which occurred December 18-22, 2017. A complete collection of presentations including PowerPoint Slides (PPT) and printable summaries (PDF... |
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January 10, 2018 In case you missed the headlines in the national papers, the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone was the largest in recorded history this summer. Yes, that’s the bad news. The good news is, despite high flows and large nitrate-nitrogen (nitrate-N) loads in the Illinois River in April and May, the 2017 yearly nitrate-N loading in the river was about 5% lower than the 1980-96 baseline average load. The 1980-96 baseline is important... |
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January 08, 2018 When we deliver grain, the elevator runs moisture and test weights. For corn and wheat, these measurements can impact price and lead to price dockage, because low-test weight cereal grains will not store well and will be more prone to mold. Test weight is often used when seeding small grains where rates are bushels per acre, but you are buying pounds of seed and need a seed rate in pounds per acre. We know that test weight is one... |
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January 03, 2018 An attorney from Virginia called recently to discuss whether soybeans can or can’t grow in hydric soils. He is representing a client in Virginia who has been successfully growing soybeans on hydric soils in a field which the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently decided was a wetland and can’t be farmed. However, according to the attorney, the soybeans yields coming off this parcel are about equal to yields on the rest of the... |
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January 02, 2018 BLOOMINGTON, Ill. December 18, 2017—Several soybean growers topped 90 bushels per acre (bu/A) in the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) checkoff program’s annual Yield Challenge competition. Now in its seventh year, the Yield Challenge offers farmers four ways to compete—the 100-Bushel Challenge, the Crop District Shootout, Double-Crop challenge and the Side-by-Side Sponsor Plots. “Year-after-year we see crop technology and innovations... |
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January 02, 2018 The Illinois Statewide Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS) is designed to improve Illinois water quality and the quality of water leaving the state. We strongly support the use of voluntary, incentive-based programs focused on the implementation of best management practices (BMPs) to address nutrient losses from Illinois farm fields.
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