Understanding the Importance of Cover Crop Planting Date in Illinois Row Crop Production
Conservation Practices Understanding the Importance of Cover Crop Planting Date in Illinois Row Crop Production To encourage farmers to include more cover crops within their cropping systems, this project is comparing 1) different cereal rye seeding dates and rates before soybean, and 2) different planting dates of two clover species after soybean harvest and ahead of corn. Farmers will gain better insights into cover crop planting and seeding rate recommendations and best management practices. View overview pdf Project Information What is the ideal planting [...]
Integrated Management Strategies for Maximizing Soybean Production in Conservation Tillage Systems
Conservation Practices Integrated Management Strategies for Maximizing Soybean Production in Conservation Tillage Systems To help more farmers feel confident implementing conservation tillage systems, this project intends to gain insights into the interactions across soil types, starter fertilizer, tillage systems and row spacings and how they affect soybean growth, nutrient uptake, and seed yield and quality. The results of this multi-year project will enable more farmers to optimize soybean production under conservation tillage systems while preserving water and soil resources. View overview pdf Project Information [...]
Benchmarking and Integrating Soil Health, Water Quality and Climate-Smart Footprints of Illinois Soybeans
Conservation Practices Benchmarking and Integrating Soil Health, Water Quality and Climate-Smart Footprints of Illinois Soybeans This multi-year project will identify soil health, water quality and climate footprint best practices and metrics across regions and cropping systems (soy and double-cropped wheat, soy rotated with corn). Findings will inform practice-based recommendations that protect soil health and water quality, as well as provide insights farmers can use as they navigate carbon markets. View overview pdf Project Information What are tangible metrics across the various soybean-growing environments in Illinois [...]
Quantifying Conservation Benefits for Illinois Soybean Farmers: Extrapolating On-Farm Trial Measurements to Commercial Farm Fields Through Validated Algorithms and Methods
Conservation Practices Quantifying Conservation Benefits for Illinois Soybean Farmers: Extrapolating On-Farm Trial Measurements to Commercial Farm Fields Through Validated Algorithms and Methods This project will evaluate current and past trial data, as well as implement additional trials across the state, to help quantify the benefits of adopting conservation management practices so that Illinois’ soybean farmers are equipped to take advantage of developing ecosystem marketplaces. Project output will include reports farmers can use to inform their management decisions and improve outcomes specific to soybean productivity, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, soil carbon sequestration [...]
Adaptive Management for Maximizing Soybean Production Following Cereal Rye Termination
Conservation Practices Adaptive Management for Maximizing Soybean Production Following Cereal Rye Termination Trials in this multi-year project will help researchers better understand 1) how cereal rye influences nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) availability and soybean uptake, and 2) evaluate soybean yield response to N and S fertilization, alone and in combination, after a cereal rye cover crop. View overview pdf Project Information How does cereal rye influence soil N and S availability and uptake by soybean after termination? Does supplemental N and S impact [...]
Controlled-Release N, P & K Fertilizer Management in Strip-Till 30” Rows and No-Till 15″ Rows for High-Yield Soybeans
Conservation Practices Controlled-Release N, P & K Fertilizer Management in Strip-Till 30” Rows and No-Till 15" Rows for High-Yield Soybeans This project aims to better understand how strategic nutrient management can impact soybean yield across northern and central Illinois. It will evaluate different nutrient strategies under no-till, strip-till, 15” rows, 30” rows, with cover crops, and without cover crops. Data will be used to inform future year trials and ultimately provide farmers with best management practices for nutrient management in soybean crops. View overview pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2rzk980Vvc [...]
Documenting the Extent of Resistance to Group 15 Herbicides in Illinois Waterhemp Populations
Pest Management Documenting the Extent of Resistance to Group 15 Herbicides in Illinois Waterhemp Populations To better understand the frequency of resistance to Group 15 herbicides, this project will collect and screen waterhemp populations from Illinois soybean fields. Results will be used to provide farmers with recommendations on how best to incorporate these herbicides into integrated weed management programs. Resistant populations will be used in subsequent research to identify the gene(s) conferring the metabolism-based resistance. View overview pdf Project Information How widespread is Group 15 herbicide [...]
Cover Crop Demo with Abigail Peterson
Stu Ellis provides a Farm Progress Show update and interviews Abigail Peterson, Illinois Soybean Association Director of Agronomy. Learn about the cover crop demonstration plot that will be exhibited at next week in Decatur, IL.
WEBINAR: The 4Rs of Phosphorus Management for Illinois Soybean Production
Join us for a captivating webinar featuring esteemed experts in the field of agricultural research, Dr. Andrew Margenot, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and PhD student, Yuhei Nakayama. They will be discussing "The 4Rs of Phosphorus Management for Illinois Soybean Production."
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