In recent years, soybean yields in Illinois have been exceptional, leading to questions on whether technologies have caused a "jump" in soybean yields. While the 2016 state yield will be an outlier, it is too early to say that a new regime of soybean yields exists. Relative to corn yields, soybean yields must increase more to have the same relative yields as in the early 1970s....
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March 30, 2018
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October 27, 2016 |
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October 26, 2016 This article was updated on November 28, 2016. Unfortunately, soybean cyst nematode (SCN) isn’t being talked about much anymore. It is known to be the #1 threat to soybean yield around the world, and in the North Central U.S. we have been depending on the PI 88788 source of resistance in 95% of our seed market share. A smaller percentage source of soybean resistance against SCN comes from Peking, PI 437654, or combinations.... |
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October 25, 2016 URBANA, Ill. – The Midwest, blessed with rich soils and abundant precipitation, leads the country and the world in corn and soybean production. It also contributes the majority of the nitrate load in the Gulf of Mexico, leading to its large low-oxygen “dead zone.” Nitrate applied to farm fields also winds up in local drinking water supplies, which must be removed at a major cost to municipalities. Fortunately, there are ways for farmers to... |
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October 24, 2016 Make it a habit to recap what happened in each field during harvest and after it is over. All soybean seasons present some challenges, but this year will break conventional yield expectations because there seemed to be timely rains that helped the crop along. But, maybe there was a bit too much rain and too much rank vegetative growth which may have kept growers from breaking the 100 bushel ceiling. As you harvest and analyze... |
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October 21, 2016 Tim Dawson of Dawson Farms in Stanford, Ill., discusses his Yield Challenge plot and encourages other farmers to get involved with their own on-farm trials. |
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October 20, 2016 The success of your double crop enterprises in 2017 begins with planning for and planting wheat this fall. Looking to 2017 and our double crop soybeans begins with a good start to our fall 2016 winter wheat crop. What we do now can have a direct effect on the success of our double crop beans next year. So let’s looks at some time-proven tips to insure success not only in our wheat crop but potential success in out double crop soybeans... |
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