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Phosphorus (P) also impacts water quality and is a common cause of hypoxia in surface water bodies. Phosphorus can be lost as soluble P in a water leachate or move off the landscape with soil particles and enter watersheds.

Phosphorus (P) Management:

Right Rate: Phosphorus rates for Illinois are based upon the “Soil Buildup and Maintenance” fertilization scheme. The Buildup is based on the inherent P-supplying...

The biggest disadvantage of planting soybeans after soybeans will ultimately be the potential for increases in disease as well as soybean cyst nematode (SCN) populations:

1. Soilborne diseases such as Pythium and Phytophthora (oomycetes) don’t necessarily increase when soybeans are planted after soybeans, but they are something you will need to contend with, especially if fields are stressed, low-lying or have poor drainage. Use...

This article was originally published on The University of Illinois, College of ACES News website.

URBANA, Ill. – Last spring, a new multi-state research project funded by the North Central Soybean Research Program was initiated to investigate the effects of weather, soils, and management on soybean...

Georgia farmer Randy Dowdy, 2016 U.S. soybean yield record holder at 171.8 bushels per acre, spoke at a seminar Friday, Jan. 20, in Bloomington, Illinois. Hosted by the ISA checkoff program, Dowdy discussed how to maximize yield while optimizing return on investment. The event, sponsored by the Illinois Corn Growers Association and FS InVISION^™ and FS HiSOY^®, hosted over 250 growers and retailers.

Dowdy focused on...