We are excited to welcome you, fellow soybean farmers, back to the Soybean Summit on February 1. The Illinois Soybean Association is ready to “Checkoff Your Boxes” as we present the 2022 Soybean Summit. After a year of virtual meetings and events, this event will showcase learning for greater agronomic insights, learning opportunities, and above all, fellowship with other soybean farmers. ISA’s mission is to bring you the latest information,... Read More →
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Better Beans Series Headed North – Rockford, Illinois
January 31, 2019
The Better Beans Series event in Rockford was held on Thursday, January 17, 2019, at the Giovanni’s Restaurant & Convention Center. The event was brought to producers by the Illinois Soybean Association checkoff program in partnership with the CCA Soy Envoy program and Dairyland Seed. Speakers provided useful information for increasing soybean production in 2019 and beyond to area farmers and industry professionals.
Rod Moran, Soybean Lead at Dairyland Seed, started the morning with a discussion on the importance of fundamentals to a systemic soybean approach. Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, shared the keys to profitability with the audience and encouraged resilience in 2019. Schnitkey was followed by Tryston Beyrer, Agronomist with Winfield United, who shared six secrets to improving soybean yields.
The program concluded with a question and answer session about viable solutions in soybean production with a panel of local agronomic experts and soybean producers.
Panel members included Lenny Doetch, soybean producer from Poplar Grove; P.J. Rosenow, grower from Erie; Dan Ritter, agronomist with Dairyland Seed; and was moderated by CCA Soy Envoy Rod Moran. Following the program, attendees enjoyed lunch and networked with the agriculture industry representatives onsite in the exhibitor space.
You can view all the presentations from the speakers via the links below.
Illinois Soybean Association
The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) checkoff and membership programs represent more than 43,000 soybean farmers in Illinois. The checkoff funds market development and utilization efforts while the membership program supports the government relations interests of Illinois soybean farmers at the local, state, and national level through the Illinois Soybean Growers (ISG). ISA upholds the interests of Illinois soybean producers through promotion, advocacy, and education with the vision of becoming a market leader in sustainable soybean production and profitability. For more information, visit the website www.ilsoy.org and www.ilsoygrowers.com.
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