Sustainability Practices
April 04, 2018
The Illinois Soybean Association works hard to provide farmers actionable resources to expand conservation practices on their farms. When it comes to conservation, it can be difficult to make sure landowners and tenants are on the same page and ISA is here to help.
The University of Illinois FarmDoc team has developed three conservation lease addendum templates that can become a part of your lease renewal discussions in order to implement more sustainable practices such as nutrient management, conservation habitats, or soil and health conservation into your operation.
Recent posts about Sustainability Practices
 January 02, 2015 The farmer. Kyle Winkelmann and his wife, ISA director Carrie Winkelmann, produce corn and soybeans on a 2,000 acre family farm near Talulla, Ill. |
 December 11, 2014 A 12-year University of Illinois study shows that, although the use of cover crops does not improve crop yields, the practice does increase the amount of sequestered soil organic carbon using three different soil management systems. |
 December 05, 2014 With the intense rains this past season, some areas of the state had considerable gully erosion cutting up the fields, bounced across and made visible at harvest time, especially in soybeans. |
 November 26, 2014 Producers plant soybeans either back into cornstalks or wheat stubble—both very high residue crops that can present some special challenges for the next crop. |
 November 20, 2014 What does it take to be considered improved environmental steward at the farm gate? |
 November 07, 2014 With increased attention to how nutrients are managed in Illinois, the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association (IFCA) has implemented a 4R Code of Practice, which helps growers manage nutrients as a system, with special attention to the “4R’s” of nutrient management: right source, right rate, right time,... |
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