ILSoyAdvisor Blog

After harvest, farmers have the option of fertilizing fields with potassium and phosphorous in the fall — or waiting until spring.

There are several advantages of applying fertilizers in the fall, said Robert Mullen, director of agronomy at PotashCorp.

Benefits range from resource availability to logistics. There are exceptions to this practice, particularly in coarse, sandy-textured soils. But for many farmers, fall...

Lynn Rohrscheib, Vermilion County farmer and ISA director, isn’t going to miss another 100-bushel opportunity.

During harvest last season, one of her plots harvested above the 100-bushel mark; however, she wasn’t registered for ISA’s Yield Challenge and so the Challenge’s $5,000 cash prize went unclaimed. Rohrscheib signed up for the Challenge this year and is hoping that good growing...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill.-Now’s the time to be thinking about best management practices to protect against nutrient loss during the post-harvest time period.

“Regarding cover crop selection and seeding, there’s a small window of time that remains open for farmers in some areas of state, especially those farther north,” said Mike Plumer, Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (CBMP) coordinator. “It’s not too late yet to consider cover...

ILSoyAdvisor.com is reaching out to farmers across the state to get their preharvest predictions and postharvest reflections. 

Central Illinois Preharvest Report
Jenny Mennenga farms with her husband, Eric, in McLean and Dewitt counties in central Illinois. When Mennenga isn’t growing corn, soybeans and seed beans, or tending to her cow-calf herd and seed dealership, she serves as a first-term ISA...