With a late harvest and very minimal tillage accomplished this past fall, there could be a strong case for spring herbicide burndown to allow for clean fields during soybean planting. Many of the winter annual species emerged during the fall and will grow aggressively in warm spring temperatures. A field can look clean now but get out of control very fast, causing issues with soil temperature, soil moisture and jeopardizing seed to soil...
All Posts from February 2020
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February 27, 2020 With the 2019 growing season behind us, it’s time to look at crop production statistics for Illinois from last year. With an average yield of 54 bushels per acre and a total production of 532 million bushels of soybeans, Illinois growers overcame a challenging year to remain the leading soybean state in the nation in 2019. The prairie state planted 9.95 million acres and harvested 9.86 million. Some areas, particularly in northern Illinois,... |
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February 26, 2020 A lot of time is spent by growers selecting seed for the coming year, determining proper field placement and managing agronomic decisions. Industry also spends a great deal of time producing ample high-quality seed. When it comes to validating what a grower is getting, it’s important to review the soybean seed tag for each soybean variety. Seed tags are a great resource for a grower to better understand what they are planting. For example,... |
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February 25, 2020 Soil samples provide landowners a gauge or a trend of the potential nutrient availability for the coming crop. Typically, this information signals areas of a field that exceed or fall short of the field’s current average fertility programs. High zones of fertility could suggest that a crop is not removing what it was given. Likewise, a zone of low fertility could suggest that a crop is removing 100% or more of the nutrients it was given.... |
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February 20, 2020 Setting up the right environment for soybeans to flourish in the early stages of the life cycle is crucial to improving yield potential. In this webinar, Dr. Victoria Kleczewski will look at different early-season diseases and insects that can affect soybean yields later in the season and what proactive integrated pest management recommendations will optimize your soybean investment. Kleczewski will dive into seed treatments and how they can... |
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February 17, 2020 This article was originally published on the farmdoc daily website. The oomycete Phytophthora sojae, is a soil borne organism... |