By: Keith Toczynski - United Prairie Finance Manager A new farm bill is on the horizon and the next few months are going to be critical as to what changes are made from the 2018 farm bill to the 2023 bill. There is no question that it is the single...
Last year the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) released information on a new program that will require farmers who apply, transport, and/or handle anhydrous ammonia to go through IDOA approved training every three years. On January 4th, 2021 the IDOA released a statement and link to their website for anyone...
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,...
apanese beetles (Fig. 1) have been arriving throughout Illinois over the last couple of weeks, and are becoming pretty conspicuous in some areas. Our crops are well behind their usual progress when Japanese beetle emergence occurs, which could impact scouting and management decision making. Several of my colleagues recently wrote...
By Aaron Hager – University of Illinois Persistent wet field conditions have increased the likelihood that many farmers will opt to take the prevented planting option through their crop insurance policy. Even though no crop will be planted, weed control practices still should be implemented to reduce seed production from summer...
