The Illinois Soybean Association has been sponsoring the Illinois Yield Challenge since 2010. During the last 9 years, growers have challenged themselves to produce high soybean yields and yield results have steadily increased from highs in the 60s to highs in the 80s and 90s, with some entrants breaking 100 bushels. This webinar will look back at the history of the Yield Challenge, what we have learned, tips on how to improve your yield and set... Read More →
ILSOYADVISOR POST
Agronomy: Webinar: Strategies for Finishing Out the Soybean Season
August 13, 2016
Mike Wilson, Soy CCA Envoy from Southeast Illinois, explains why managing soybeans through Labor Day can help increase yield and ultimately improve growers’ bottom lines. He explains the issues that growers can see late in the season with disease, insects, weeds and nutrition.
Key Takeaways
- By identifying late-season diseases, growers can follow through with the proper action
- Additional resource for disease management: cropdisease.cropsci.illinois.edu/soybeans
- Scouting fields is important through September as insect damage can occur late in the season
- Additional resource for insect management: https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/fieldcropsipm/soybean.php
- Weeds can become a significant problem if left uncontrolled
- Postmergence-only programs are not effective due to weed resistance
- Applying nutrients late in the season can help soybeans thrive through the end of the season.
- Fred Below, Ph.D., recommends placing nutrients deep in the soil to continue to provide plants with proper nutrition all season long.
1 CEU in Crop Management is available for this webinar. Visit the Certified Crop Adviser website to self-report your credit after viewing the webinar recording.
Illinois Soybean Association
The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) is a statewide organization that strives to enable Illinois soybean producers to be the most knowledgeable and profitable soybean producers around the world. ISA represents more than 43,000 soybean farmers in Illinois through two primary roles; the state soybean checkoff and legislative and regulatory advocacy efforts.
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