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January 25, 2022 If your eyes and email inbox have glazed over about carbon credits and carbon markets, you’re not alone. It’s dizzying… and tempting to ignore. But ignore at your own financial and operational peril. Here are a few considerations as we launch into 2022 and a new growing season this spring: 1. Carbon markets – and “ecosystem markets” that address other items like water quality – are here to stay. The consumer... |
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January 14, 2022 We are excited to welcome you, fellow soybean farmers, back to the Soybean Summit on February 1. The Illinois Soybean Association is ready to “Checkoff Your Boxes” as we present the 2022 Soybean Summit. After a year of virtual meetings and events, this event will showcase learning for greater agronomic insights, learning opportunities, and above all, fellowship with other soybean farmers. ISA’s mission is to bring you the latest information,... |
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January 13, 2022 The Illinois Soybean Association is excited to welcome the return of the Better Beans Series, which will be hosted in-person this month. The Better Beans event series brings local soybean knowledge specific to farmers’ regions, offering up the chance to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and conditions affecting them directly. Participants will receive agronomy insights for their soil, planting tips for their regional weather, and... |
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January 05, 2022 Happy New Year to everyone. I hope the holidays were good to you and your family. This is the third blog post in a series from NASS. I will use it to explain how NASS makes crop production forecasts and estimates. I will use soybeans as the example crop, but the processes are very similar for other crops. NASS publishes a series of soybean yield and production forecasts from August through November each year. Each of those forecasts... |
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January 12, 2022 BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Illinois Wheat Association (IWA) in conjunction with the Illinois Soybean Association is excited to announce the Double Crop Farmers Forum, to be held February 8, 2022, at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Presentations at the conference include best practices for maximizing yields of double-cropped wheat and soybeans, methods to manage diseases, fertilizer price update, USDA programs, market... |
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January 06, 2022 Updated from the 2019 edition and expanded to 16 pages, the new Guide encourages adopters to think a “systems” approach when it comes to cover crops as an integral part of a total crop rotation system. Cover crops should be considered to help reduce nutrient losses through tile drainage. Researchers from the University of Illinois, Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University, and Purdue University have been studying the... |