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January 01, 2015 Phosphorus is one of the nutrients targeted in the nutrient reduction strategy recently proposed by the Illinois EPA. Phosphorus loss isn’t so much about amount, timing and form, but about soil and water runoff. If you keep the soil and water in the field in place, you pretty much keep phosphorus for the crop. Phosphorus is a unique nutrient in that it is fixed in the soil and is nonmobile. The soil naturally has abundant calcium, iron... |
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December 31, 2014 From Sudden Death Syndrome to 100-bushel yields, ILSoyAdvisor.com has been the go-to resource for more than 2,000 farmers and agronomists each month since launching in March. Here is a look back on the Top 5 blog posts of 2014. 1. Count your pods to increase yields Want to increase bean yields? Track and add to your pod... |
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December 30, 2014 A successful 2015 crop starts now as you finalize seed selections. Choosing the right varieties impacts your farm perhaps more than any other decision, which makes this task a critical one. The data-driven world we live in both helps and hinders this selection process. Growers have plenty of data to determine which the highest-yielding product is in any given year. However, looking only at one data point, such as yield rank, might not... |
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December 29, 2014
1) A weed management program with residual herbicides (and potential carryover) vs. no herbicide residues in the soil? 2) A weed management program with herbicides that consistently cause crop... |
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December 22, 2014 Producing 87-bushel soybeans despite a dry 2013 August comes naturally for three University of Wisconsin-Madison agronomy graduate students. “High yields are our job,” say Adam Gaspar, David Marburger and Ethan Smidt in Arlington, Wis. This year they reached 90 bushels. They support state Soybean Extension Specialist Shawn Conley, University of Wisconsin-Madison, as graduate... |
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December 22, 2014 Will soybean hypocotyl length become important when selecting varieties to place seed deeper? The hypocotyl is that structure that lifts and pulls the cotyledons up through the soil surface. When soybean seeds germinate the hypocotyl elongates, pulling the two cotyledons (seed leaves) above the soil surface. The growing point is at the top of the hypocotyl where the two seed leaves are attached. Corn has a similar structure... |
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