Funded by the Illinois Soybean Association checkoff program.
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September 22, 2014 ILSoyAdvisor.com is reaching out to farmers across the state to get their preseason harvest predictions and postharvest reflections. Southern Illinois Preharvest Report Don Guinnip, ISA Director and soybean farmer from Marshall, Ill., reports that group-3 soybeans are starting to mature, and he expects harvest to begin the first week of October. “I have a very positive outlook for fall 2014 harvest.... |
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September 18, 2014
Earlier this year SoyCam.com—funded by the Illinois soybean checkoff—started following five Illinois soybean growers. These growers have been... |
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September 18, 2014 There are some farmers who are considering growing more soybeans next year and may have some continuous soybean rotations. There are a few management considerations to think about as you make your seed purchases for next year: Don’t plant the same variety in the same field. Even if it ends up being your top yielding variety in 2014. Each variety is susceptible to some disease. It could be brown stem rot, white mold,... |
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September 18, 2014 We’re following soybean farmer and repeat Yield Challenge participant Dan Arkels as he works toward winning the 100 Bushel Challenge. When we last checked in, he had just begun aerial applications on his soybeans. That was more than a month ago, so let’s see how his Peru, Ill... |
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September 16, 2014 If you want to plant a cover crop and haven’t made plans, it’s time to start thinking seriously about it. Corn and soybean harvest has begun in the south and will move northward as the crop matures, so planting cover crops is on some farmers’ minds. Covers (as cover crops are now affectionately known) provide a number of benefits from protecting the soil, scavenging residual nutrients, adding organic matter and improving soil tilth to... |
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September 12, 2014 Adding cover crops to their crop rotation can help growers improve their soil health, explained David Hammer, Ph.D., professor of Soil Genesis, University of Missouri, at the recent Lake Springfield Cover Crop Field Day near Waverly, Ill. Hammer explains that over time, soils in different areas have developed differently with significant differences between those that developed under prairies and those that developed under forests.... |
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