Farmers Share Real-Life Experiences of Using Edge-of-Field Conservation Practices
This June, producers can get their questions answered about installing edge-of-field conservation practices by connecting with experienced farmers at a west-central Illinois panel discussion hosted by Illinois Extension.
Registration Opens for 2024 Illinois Youth Crop Scouting Competition
The Illinois Youth Crop Scouting Competition offers high school teams the opportunity to showcase their field expertise. Held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign South Farm fields, student groups of 2 to 5, accompanied by an adult coach, move through 10 outdoor stations. They engage in hands-on activities covering topics like weed, insect, and disease identification, corn and soybean growth stage assessment, abiotic injury evaluation, pesticide application, and integrated pest management.
ACES: Photosynthesis Hack Boosts Soybean Yield 20 Percent
RIPE researchers prove bioengineering better photosynthesis increases yields in food crops for the first time ever.
Red Crown Rot of Soybean in Illinois
Since Red Crown Rot was first confirmed, efforts to monitor the disease in Illinois have resulted in maps of occurrence from 2018 to 2021.
U of I Extension Crop Update – May 27
University of Illinois Extension professionals from across the state provide an Illinois crop update for the week of May 27, 2022.
U of I Extension Crop Update – May 12
University of Illinois Extension professionals from across the state provide an Illinois crop update for the week of May 12, 2022.
Weed Management: Fall-Applied Herbicides: Which Weed Species to Target?
URBANA, Ill. – Herbicides applied in the fall often can provide improved control of many winter annual weed species compared with similar applications made [...]
Agronomy: New booklet gives farmers strategies to reduce nitrogen runoff
URBANA, Ill. – The Midwest, blessed with rich soils and abundant precipitation, leads the country and the world in corn and soybean production. It [...]
Agronomy: U of I Agronomy Day
Join us on Thursday, August 18th for Agronomy Day! Discover the latest research, technology, and industry data from University of Illinois faculty and staff in [...]
Agronomy: U of I Agronomy Day
Join us on Thursday, August 18th for Agronomy Day! Discover the latest research, technology, and industry data from University of Illinois faculty and staff in [...]
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