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The two most important forces shaping the cooperative business model are future farmers and talent management.

Every growing season, corn and soybean producers have to make numerous management decisions that affect their bottom line.

This marks the 90th year the University of Illinois Variety Testing will provide unbiased, third-party performance evaluations free for farmers.

A new digital platform designed to assist farmers implement precision farming strategies was rolled out this year.

This year’s Greater Peoria Farm Show will include a new Kubota Sidekick UTV giveaway and the new University of Illinois Extension seminar series.

Illinois soybean farmers will now have additional assistance with evaluating field data to better implement practices that benefit the environment.

ILSoyAdvisor Soy Envoys recapped the top agronomic challenges of 2024 and what potentially lies ahead for 2025 in an Illinois Soybean Association Field Advisor podcast.

Examples of typical and not-so-common cover crops used in corn and soybean rotations were featured in a recent plot tour on the Farm Progress Show grounds.

A 2025 outlook on crop protection products, fertilizer and government regulations was presented at the recent 4R Field Talk, hosted by the Illinois Soybean Association and Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association.

The timely planting of cover crops for maximum biomass has typically been limited to post-harvest or aerial inter-seeding, followed by the hope of rain for stand establishment.

Warm, dry weather is helping farmers in northern Illinois to quickly harvest corn and soybeans with little need to run the crops through a dryer prior to storage.

Drone technology is increasing in its applicability in improving farm operations.

As you make your way through another busy harvest, it’s important to record your field observations in order to make informed decisions for next year’s product selections.

Harvest is in full swing for Mark Seib, a grain farmer from Posey County in the southwestern corner of Indiana.

As you make your way through another busy harvest, it’s important to record your field observations in order to make informed decisions for next year’s product selections.

Rain at the end of August was good timing for the double-crop soybeans growing in northern Illinois.

Hans Bishop’s move into effective organic row crop production weed control begins with his experiences in growing vegetables on his family’s PrairiErth Farm near Atlanta in central Illinois.

As harvest season approaches in northern Indiana, farmers like Clay Geyer are preparing their equipment and fields for the crucial months ahead.

AgriGold agronomist Ron Roling knows a thing or two about corn rootworm. He’s from eastern Iowa, the self-proclaimed corn rootworm capital of the world.

A desire to garden and grow food has developed into a cut flower farm for Anna Guziak-Prochnicka.

Agronomists at Pioneer advise farmers to keep scouting fields in August, even as corn and soybeans rapidly mature.

From a window blind to cell phones, security has changed over time, but keeping crop report data secret until its official release has been the goal for over a century.

Summer is in full swing on Clay Geyer’s home fields, where he’s on the lookout for — and has already found — some plant diseases and weeds.

Farmers and their challenges are the focus of research and development at Bayer.

Back-to-back storms delivered just enough rain to delay a second herbicide application, but plenty of other projects remain on Aaron Rients’ to-do list.

Soybeans face many challenges during the growing season that can impact yield potential. Crops undergo a series of vegetative and reproductive growth stages, each with unique developmental processes and stressors.

Soybeans face many challenges during the growing season that can impact yield potential.

The earth provides an overabundance of food, but the distribution of that food is the struggle.

The Livingston County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Women in Ag Meeting: Ideas Inc. — How to Add Conservation to Your Land will be held Aug. 6 in Pontiac.

As farmers, we know that healthy soil is an important foundation for everything we grow. It is critical to productivity.

There has not been a major trait launched to manage soybean cyst nematodes in over six decades. Until now, that is.

After introducing the Nemasphere nematode resistance trait, the most groundbreaking innovation in soybean cyst nematode management in over 60 years, experts were questioned by Bryan Perry for BASF Agricultural Solutions.

During the first two weeks of June, the Rahn family is going in many different directions, including making hay and spraying a second pass of herbicides to control weeds in their crop fields.

Corteva Agriscience announced the launch of Resicore REV herbicide for pre- and post-emergence corn weed control. The herbicide will be available for growers in 2025.

A statewide survey is underway by the University of Illinois to determine the extent of waterhemp resistance to Group 15 herbicides.

A new rye cover crop will hit the market this fall that’s touted for its elite hybrid genetics that provide hardiness and fast germination.

Five district winners for the Star in Agribusiness award will be honored on the stage of the Illinois FFA State Convention.

The Biden administration’s trade agenda — mostly forgotten after three years of COVID, inflation, war in Ukraine, brutality in the Middle East and a cantankerous Congress — recently surfaced and, wow, is it a mess.

Legislation that has bipartisan support in the Illinois General Assembly and from diverse groups was introduced this spring and awaits votes in each chamber.

Bayer CropScience submitted an application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a new product containing dicamba herbicide that would remove an over-the-top application in soybeans.

These longer, warmer and sometimes wetter days are really giving the crops and pastures a great start. While most of my neighbors are done or close to finishing planting, we’ve just got a good start.

The Illinois State Horticultural Society announced that Jonamac Orchard in Malta will host its annual Summer Horticulture Field Day.

Planting corn, soybeans, test plots and spraying pre-emerge herbicides had the members of the Rahn family moving through their fields in Carroll County toward the end of April.

We live back in the woods, so the only time I witness the sun rise is when we get started at o-dark-thirty and get out and about on the ranch somewhere. Turkey season came in mid-April and is soon to wrap up.

From iron plows to driverless tractors, new ideas and innovative businesses have continually pushed the boundaries of what’s possible in farming.

Have you seen the movie “Field of Dreams”? In the movie, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice to build a “totally illogical” baseball field where his cornfield used to be.

A commodity group and herbicide formulator called on the U.S. International Trade Commission to reject a petition for tariffs that could be levied on imported 2,4-D from India and China.

The Noble Research Institute is focused on land stewardship for improved soil health for grazing animal production with lasting profitability.

Three farmers with decades of experience utilizing soil conservation practices on their farms detailed their efforts in a “Toolshed Talk.”

Six years ago, Illinois farmer John Ackerman didn’t hire any contract workers at all. Now he typically hires about 22 every year through a local coordinator that helps farmers hire crews of skilled workers.