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September 24, 2015 This year with all the wet weather and a lack of good weed control in many areas, many farmers are asking about using a harvest aid to help kill weeds prior to soybean harvest. In many fields we have soybeans that are turning yet waterhemp, cocklebur and some grasses are still very green. Removing this green matter will aid in harvest as well as removing storage risk. There are options for harvest aids in soybeans, but there are a few... |
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September 23, 2015 “Avoid harvesting soybeans” too dry is almost a cliché and a seemingly impossible task. Growers try to start combining when beans are 14% or so (no one wants a moisture discount), but before they know it moisture drops from 14 to 12 to 10 and even 8% moisture on a sunny, warm and windy fall day. Even with best intentions soybeans dry down quickly each day once mature. To avoid moisture discounts from the quoted market price per bushel... |
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September 22, 2015 While 2015 soybeans faced numerous challenges, insect infestations were not one of them. As summer winds down and harvest starts, I begin to look back on the 2015 growing season for insects that impacted Illinois crops. For me, it was a fairly uneventful couple of months … in terms of insect activity, anyway. I suspect many of you, though not all, experienced the same thing. I can’t begin to guess the number of times I was asked “Where... |
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September 21, 2015 2015 represents another unique cropping year due to the wet weather conditions during spring planting and persistence through July. The result has been many fields with highly variable soybeans conditions with a few containing short soybeans. The variable crop conditions translate into variable harvesting conditions in terms of moisture and height. Therefore, proper setup and pre-season maintenance along with correct adjustments during... |
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September 21, 2015 Soybean maturity and “ready to harvest” are generally not the same thing. Physiologically speaking, soybeans are mature when seed dry matter accumulation is complete. But knowing when this happen is not as clear cut as corn, which forms a distinct black layer. Maturity generally occurs when soybean pods have reached their mature gray, tan or brown color. At this point soybean yield is not negatively impacted by drought, frost or a... |
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September 18, 2015 Seems insect and disease pressure were very minimal in soybeans in 2015. Soybeans are ripening rapidly. And while you may see the occasional green field, most fields are racing towards the finish line. It all begins with the canopy changing from vibrant green to a dull green, then yellow, then brown and finally leaf drop. This process takes about 2 weeks and the warm, dry and windy weather the last few weeks, beginning the week of Farm... |
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