Relative acres of corn and soybeans vary across Illinois. Northern Illinois has more corn than soybeans acres and southern Illinois has more soybean than corn acres (see farmdoc daily, October 13, 2020). We provide more information on corn relative to soybean acres across the Midwest in this article. As acreages shift across...
By: Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois As we indicated in a recent Bulletin article, nitrogen applied as anhydrous ammonia in the fall is an effective source of N for the corn crop, but is also a little more subject to loss compared to N applied in the spring. One of the...
Fall herbicide treatments have fallen off over the past several years for a couple of reasons, among them the effectiveness of new soybean trait systems for managing marestail, some generally crappy weather in late fall, and efforts to reduce input costs. We are seeing a resurgence in some weeds, such...
Recently there has been a flood of reports of Bacterial leaf streak (BLS) from areas within Iowa. Not surprisingly reports of BLS have started to come in from portions of Northern Illinois, an area of the state that has been subject to several significant rain events over the past two weeks. Severe weather pushed through...
Hello Everyone, As of 3/20/2020 United Prairie Locations will be utilizing new policies to ensure the safety of our employees and the safety of our communities while dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Until further notice All United Prairie Locations: No in-person grower or supplier meetings – Phone, FaceTime, Skype, E-mail,...
