The fourth week of the Agribusiness Management Program (AMP) Summer Webinar Series featured attorney Brooke Starks and Kent Leesman from Illinois FBFM in the first of two webinars. They provided helpful strategies for farmers to keep in mind as they think about the succession of their farm and assets. The focus of their presentation were things that come up often in working with clients—equipment transition planning and the intricacies of...
All Posts from 2020
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August 18, 2020 Most soybean fields in Illinois are finally at a point where there is not much more a producer can do to protect top end yield. Even though 2020 created early season challenges from planting dates and slow growth in May and June, it has shown our current crop very favorable conditions during the grain fill period.
With 2020 blessedly in the second half, it’s never too early to start planning for the next crop. So... |
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August 17, 2020 Have you ever picked up a handful of soil and watched it break apart into tiny pieces? If so, you were looking at aggregates—groups of various sized soil particles that bind to each other more strongly than to adjacent particles. While there are numerous ways to evaluate soil health, aggregates are primary factors. These collections of soil components are made of sand, silt, clay and other organic material, and they play a major role... |
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August 16, 2020 Yield is a fixed number that soybean growers use to validate how well a particular variety performed or how well a treatment protected yield. As it relates to biology, however, yield is the result of how well the plant converted sunlight into stored energy (the bean). Decisions all season long will set the stage for potential yield. However, it’s the soybean growth stages R5 and R6 that put the yield in the BEAN! Growth stages R1 and... |
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August 15, 2020 The sights and sounds of airplanes, helicopters and ground sprayers in Illinois corn and soybean fields during July and August usually means one thing: foliar fungicide application season has begun. While fungicides have been common practice in high value crops for many years, the use of these chemistries in row crops like soybean has expanded rapidly during the last 10 to 15 years. There are many excellent articles and sources of data... |
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August 13, 2020 What are biologicals? How do they work? |