Funded by the Illinois Soybean Association checkoff program.
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January 18, 2016 Interested in Double Cropping? Take in the seminar scheduled in Mt. Vernon on February 10 “Double Cropping: Overcoming Challenges to a More Profitable System.” For more information and to register, visit this page. Double cropping soybeans is a common rotation from Kansas to Maryland and down to the Gulf of Mexico. It is even practiced in Southern Ontario. In this rotation... |
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January 15, 2016 As we are in the middle of planning the 2016 crop, I am getting a few questions about beans following beans. This is something we have done—off and on—for many years to reduce cost per acre of inputs and hopefully improve cash flow. It can work but it is a tricky proposition. With today’s high seed cost, weed resistance issues and generally less effective genetic disease resistance, it is tougher today than in the past—but not impossible with... |
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January 14, 2016 ISA hosted its first regional ILSoyAdvisor Field Days this past summer. From August 4 – 6, we brought soybean experts to fields around the state to share the latest information, technology and tools that are producing higher yields and better profitability. Watch the video below to see how to get soybeans off to a good start, and view other presentations ... |
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January 13, 2016 If your mission is yield, you can’t miss the 2016 Soybean Summits. These free day-long sessions, which are funded in part by the Illinois soybean checkoff, will provide producers with the tools to increase yields and improve their bottom line. There are three sessions throughout the state:
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January 12, 2016 Aired: January 2016
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January 11, 2016 The popularity of soybean seed treatments did not come into play until around 2008. According to Dr. Gary Munkvold, Iowa State University, only about 8% of soybeans were treated in 2009. Today, we don’t have a good grasp on how many soybeans are treated, but we know it’s greater than 50%. Currently, around 92% of Burrus soybeans sold this year have seed treatment. Many credit earlier soybean planting, increased seed costs and higher commodity... |
Lower commodity prices have brought tight margins to farmers around the country—and last year farm income was the lowest since 2002. However, farm economics works in a cycle and land values are beginning to adjust.
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