Funded by the Illinois Soybean Association checkoff program.
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April 09, 2015 In 2014, Illinois farmers raised 547.7-million bushels of soybeans on 9.8-million harvested acres. The average yield was 56 bushels per acre. These yield gains were made possible thanks to ongoing research, new varieties and better overall management. Each year, ISA invests checkoff dollars into basic and applied research designed to help farmers increase yields and profits. Recently this research has focused on pushing the upper... |
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April 08, 2015 Pest issues in your soybeans? Let us help you identify it. The Plant Clinic has the rare opportunity to see pest issues from all over the state, and each year brings its own challenges and surprises. Weather, variety selection and cultural issues all combine to make each pest season unique. Last season brought unwelcome combinations of stem canker, pod and stem blight, charcoal rot and soybean stem borer! Yes, I said charcoal rot, and yes... |
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April 08, 2015 Since 1982 I have been an independent crop consultant. I have spent my time analyzing what was in my clients’ soil and what travels up into the plants. I do soil testing, plant analysis, test plots and whatever else needs to be done to make their nutrient use as efficient as possible. After taking the soil tests, I review the results with the farmer to make sure he knows and understands what the numbers mean. It is important that he... |
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April 03, 2015 Illinois continues to make progress in soybean production, taking the title in 2014 of top soybean producer for the second year in a row. To continue this momentum and to prepare for the challenges posed by changing commodity prices, over 500 farmers, crop consultants and agronomists attended ISA’s 2015 Soybean Summits in Effingham and Peoria, Ill. The Peoria Summit included presentations from agronomists, university experts,... |
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April 03, 2015 Using cover crops in between corn and soybean crop production in the Midwest could significantly reduce nitrate load runoff via subsurface drains, according to USDA scientists. This reduction could support national efforts to reduce nitrate loads and protect water quality in the Gulf of Mexico. Excess water laden with nitrates in many Midwestern crop fields drains into subsurface perforated pipes and then flows into surface streams and... |
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April 03, 2015 The technology for variable rate seed has been around for about 15 years. Planters have hydraulic drives and row shut-offs and are coupled with GPS, monitors and controllers. You even can adjust the seeding rate on-the-go as long as you have a map to plant by. Growers have been planting corn variably by increasing seed rates in the high-yield zones with the expectation of yield gain. However in soybeans, with a stand of 100,000 plants... |
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