ILSoyAdvisor Blog

Stephanie Porter, Soy CCA Envoy from West Central Illinois and Sales Agronomist with Burrus^® Hybrids, reviews the most prevalent soybean diseases, all of which have the potential to lower yields. She explains the set of conditions needed for each disease to infect soybean plants, ways to prevent the disease, and how to manage it if it’s present in growers’ fields.

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For the second year in a...

Controlling waterhemp is a challenge for growers across Illinois and the Corn Belt and the No. 1 subject of questions I received during the last week of June. So I decided to do a quick review of the 10 sites of action that make up 99.9% of what we have available for controlling weeds in corn and soybeans.

1. Group 1 – ACCase inhibitors – These are products like Select Maxx^®, Assure^® II and Fulisade^®...

Dan Arkels, soybean farmer from Peru, Illinois, was the first to verified 100-plus bushel soybean producer in Illinois. This season, he planted beans on April 18 with a longer maturity group – and he’s aiming for 150 bushel beans in his Yield Challenge plot. Below is an update from Dan on his quest for huge soybean yields. 

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