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February 11, 2015 What you need to know when switching back to beans. Commodity prices favor growing more soybeans, and this could mean more producers in Illinois will be growing more beans in 2015. Planting continuous corn or a long corn and short soybean rotation has been common, and farmers have learned how to manage through the challenges of corn in the operation. However, with soybean prices possibly providing greater enterprise... |
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February 11, 2015 For El Paso, Ill., soybean farmer Rob Shaffer, who grows about 450 acres of soybeans with his brother, the switch from growing specialty soybeans to 100 percent non-GMO wasn't that challenging. "Everyone is looking for a niche, and for us this works," he says. More time and management are required to grow a non-GMO crop, acknowledges Shaffer. Relationships and conversations also matter, which is why the ISA director talks to each of... |
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February 11, 2015 The February issue of Illinois Field & Bean focuses on soil health and fertility -- a topic that is always top of mind before the growing season. Be sure and read: Back to the Basics: Details Matter for Productive Soils (Page 5) Illinois soils vary widely,... |
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February 05, 2015 What would you be willing to do for an extra $2-per-bushel premium for soybeans? For some Illinois soybean producers, that premium comes from growing non-GMO (genetically modified organism/biotech) or other identity-preserved (IP) soybeans. Rob Prather of Huron Commodities in Monticello, Ill., says more growers are showing an interest in non-GMO soybeans, thanks to premium pricing. For example, early November premiums for... |
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February 05, 2015 Spring planting is still a couple months away, but inevitably, some farmers in Illinois will have to deal with a wet spring, which delays planting corn and soybeans. While both corn and soybeans benefit from early planting, the yield drag is greater for corn with late planting. Historically, in Illinois it seemed that when the calendar flipped to May, growers knew it was time to think about seeding beans. Of course, if you wait until... |
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February 04, 2015 Recent research has found ways to produce soybean seeds that have improved yields under drought conditions. A group of researchers published their research in the November-December issue ofAgronomy Journal. The researchers were M. Jyostna Devi and Thomas Sinclair, North Carolina State University; Pengyin Chen, University of Arkansas; and Thomas Carter, Jr. USDA-ARS, Raleigh, NC. ... |
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