Recent Posts
 March 25, 2015 There is a lot of interest in planting cover crops. Obviously, the best time to plant them is after wheat, vegetables or silage because you have a long window of growth ahead of you before the next spring-planted crop. |
 March 25, 2015 Are seed treatments a necessary input expense in 2015? Seed treatment, depending on product combinations, can cost from a half bushel per acre to a bushel and a half an acre, so will you get enough from your acres in return? |
 March 24, 2015 Do soybeans respond to starter? When should a grower apply starter on soybeans? Is there a risk? |
 March 24, 2015 Watching out for disease is critical to keeping soybean stress low and to ensuring maximum yields. One of the biggest production constraints in 2014 was sudden death syndrome (SDS), with growers in some parts of Illinois losing up to 40 or 50 bushels per acre from the disease. |
 March 17, 2015 The loss of organic matter and its nutrient value by erosion has significant effect on both the long-term sustainability of the soil nutrient pool and soil productivity. |
 March 17, 2015 Sudden death syndrome (SDS) has come into its own as a major disease in Illinois and across the Corn Belt. |