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October 11, 2016 Weed control in Illinois is about to get a little tougher for some farmers. Researchers in the state have announced they’ve found PPO inhibitor resistance in some fields of Palmer amaranth. The determination makes Illinois the third state, behind Arkansas (2011) and Tennessee (2015), to confirm the issue. Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale, in coordination with testing by the University of Illinois (U of I), made the... |
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October 10, 2016 This post highlights material covered in a breakout session sponsored by Asgrow/DEKALB at the recent ILSoyAdvisor Field Days. To see other posts in this Field Days recap series, click here. Maximizing your soybean yields starts with proper crop management. Dr. Fred Below at the University of Illinois has been studying the factors that impact soybean... |
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October 07, 2016 Editors’ Forward: On August 30, ILSoyAdvisor hosted the webinar “Soil sampling is the first step to planning high yield soybeans.” The presenter, an agronomist with a commercial laboratory in Illinois, talked about measuring water and buffer pH to calculate lime requirements. The Illinois Agronomy Handbook... |
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October 06, 2016 Dan Arkels, 2015 100 Bushel Challenge Winner, explains that growing 100 bushel soybeans does not occur from changing one or two variables; a successful yield is the result of a combination of factors. Watch the video below to hear more. |
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October 05, 2016 The Brazilian yield contest winner routinely breaks 100 bushels per acre today. To reach the 100 bu/acre mark (6.725 t/ha or 112.1 bags/ha) requires strategy, with winners adopting some new practices each season. The following is a description of the practices they follow and what they have learned along the way.
I have underlined the novel things they have discovered that we should pay attention to including seed vigor,... |
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October 04, 2016 Dan Arkels, 2015 100 Bushel Challenge Winner, emphasizes that growers should spray early and often for optimal weed control. Killing weeds early will prevent an invasion of weeds later in the season. In the video below, he provides additional details for his weed control program on his Yield Challenge field. |
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