All Posts by Illinois Soybean Association
Agronomics: Cover Crops: Imitating Life on the Prairie
September 12, 2014
Sustainability PracticesAdding 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.
Agronomics: Video: Soybean Production with Doug Schroeder, Champaign County Farmer
September 09, 2014
Harvest StrategiesGrowing up on a livestock and crop farm in Champaign County, farming is in Doug Schroeder’s blood.
Agronomics: Growers Encouraged to Support Important Study on Soybean Value
September 03, 2014
Research InformationGrowers asked to join statewide effort to document soybean compositional quality
Agronomics: Video: Taking the Yield Challenge with CPS
August 27, 2014
Harvest StrategiesISA’s Yield Challenge encourages farmers and agronomists to use innovative management practices and technologies to improve yield.
Agronomics: Video: Staging Reproductive Growth on Soybeans
August 21, 2014
Planting StrategiesManagement strategies for improving yield are most effective when applied at the proper reproductive stage. Reproductive stages refer to flower, pod and seed development.
Agronomics: Video: Taking the ISA Yield Challenge: Ehler Brothers Seed
August 20, 2014
Harvest StrategiesISA’s Yield Challenge encourages farmers and agronomists to use innovative management practices and technologies to improve yield.
Agronomics: Quick Poll Results: Cool, Wet Weather Impacts Soybean Stands
August 15, 2014
Planting StrategiesHow is your soybean stand this season? Over the past few weeks, we asked you to cast your vote in the latest ILSoyAdvisor Quick Poll.
Agronomics: Taking the ISA Yield Challenge: Dan Arkels, LaSalle County Farmer
August 11, 2014
Harvest StrategiesDan Arkels is no stranger to healthy competition. The past two growing seasons he has won the National Corn Growers Association’s Yield Contest for the state of Illinois.
Insect Management: Video: Looking for Signs of Soybean Cyst Nematode
July 31, 2014
Insect ManagementMany experts consider soybean cyst nematode (SCN) the greatest threat to soybean yields.
Agronomics: Video: Breaking the Yield Barrier with Dan Arkels
July 30, 2014
Harvest StrategiesThis growing season we are following Dan Arkels, a LaSalle County farmer striving to reach 100 bushels per acre in ISA’s Yield Challenge contest.