As growers prepare for harvest, it’s a great time to gather observations about the crop. The combine cab is similar to a chair in the doctor’s office in that most growers can make observations about symptoms of ailments they are seeing when they are at a different angle above the crop. The real question that…
Manganese deficiency, courtesy of Purdue University. Although much of the attention for tissue testing is focused on corn, soybeans can also benefit from proactive tissue testing. Soil tests are excellent measures for primary and secondary nutrients and are still the best way to understand fertility and make decisions about soil-applied nutrients. When it comes to…
The El Nino year of 2015 has created challenging conditions for agronomic management to the Midwest. El Nino years bring cool and wet conditions to the Midwest, which mean trouble for soybean growers. White mold is a fungus that thrives in these types of conditions and infects the plant in the reproductive stages. Entry sites…
The 2014 soybean harvest season hasn’t been very cooperative to say the least. Most of the Midwest is experiencing wet conditions, yet – in terms of development – the USDA is calling this crop average. On October 7th, 83% of the soybeans were dropping leaves, just 1% behind the normal pace. Still, harvest remains slow,…
