ILSoyAdvisor Blog

Assessing soybean maturity and predicting harvest strategies for harvesting most acres at 13.5 to 14 percent moisture.

Beans bouncing off the windshield are just one indication that you may be losing bushels by harvesting below the optimum moisture content of the grain.

All throughout the challenging 2017 growing season, this year’s other CCA Soy Envoys and I have been suggesting ways to increase profitability of your soybean...

I have been wanting to attend the Ag PhD Field Day for a long time, so I took the opportunity this year to attend with some growers. This event is billed as the “world’s biggest field day,” boasting on average 10,000 attendees from across the U.S. and around globe. Based on the size of the parking lot and number of cars, I would guess there was probably less than that, but still thousands of attendees.

Two decades ago AgriGrowth™, a...

Summer will be quickly turning to fall and the cool weather this month has slowed crop development and given it a break from the heat and stress of July. Nevertheless, harvest is just around the corner. Evaluating the condition of this year’s crop is important for establishing a solid baseline for next year’s crop.

Plan on walking all your fields and collecting stand counts. Remember, yield is always...

Biologicals are a valuable tool today in preventing Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS).

“SDS and white mold are two significant fungal diseases in soybean production in the U.S., affecting 40 to 50 million acres in the north-central region.  Yield losses can be as high as 50 percent in fields having severe infestation.  Outbreaks of the two diseases occur in seasons with different temperatures.  Therefore, these two...