Funded by the Illinois Soybean Association checkoff program.
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August 10, 2016 Illinois soybean growers took the opportunity over three days to boost profitability through a series of field days. At the final one of the three grower and Illinois Soybean Association Director David Droste told Brownfield Ag News that the field days – in northern, central and in southern Illinois – keep farmers productive. Click... |
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August 09, 2016 Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) has garnered much attention recently in both academic discussions and popular press releases, and with good reason. Among the weedy species of Amaranthus, Palmer amaranth has the fastest growth rate and is the most competitive with the crops common to Midwest agronomic cropping systems. Soybean yield losses approaching 80% and corn yield losses exceeding 90% have been reported in the peer-reviewed... |
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August 08, 2016 Everyone knows what phosphorus (P) deficiency looks like in corn—purplish color leaves. So it would be easy to expect similar symptoms for soybeans. But it turns out to not be the same. Phosphorus deficiency isn’t as easily identifiable as in corn or as potassium deficiency is in soybean tissue. As an agronomist I must admit that I never thought much about P deficiency symptoms below. In early July I decided to look... |
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August 05, 2016 Dan Arkels was the first soybean producer in Illinois to reach the 100-bushel mark on his farm in Peru, Illinois. In the video below, he provides a summary of what has happened in his Yield Challenge field over the growing season, including the high number of pods per plant and the biostimulants used on the field. What are you doing to break your yield barriers? Let us know in the comments below. ... |
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August 04, 2016 Will a Japanese beetle breakout this year force growers to spray? Our advice – scout your fields to see if beetles are a threat and if treatment is warranted.
Photo courtesy of Eric Ifft, Bayer CropScience In mid-July I was scouting... |
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August 03, 2016 It’s now official. A survey conducted by the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) has ranked Palmer amaranth, also known as Palmer pigweed, as the most troublesome weed in the U.S. Weeds in the Galium genus (cleavers, catchweed bedstraw and false cleavers) ranked as the most troublesome in Canada. “We certainly weren’t surprised to find Palmer amaranth at the top of the U.S. list,” says Lee Van Wychen, Ph.D., science policy director... |
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