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Blog Posts (13)

What’s the real deal with cover crops and SCN?

Protect your future soybean yield by season-long scouting

You don’t know what you have till it’s gone

Pollinators in soybean production- Are you in the know?

photo of a sweat bee covered in pollen

Soybean Disease Management: Back to Basics

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Pack your smoothies with plant proteins

fruit and tofu smoothies

Selecting Hybrids and Varieties for 2021

corn and soybean selection

Crop disease forecast for 2021

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Noticing Yellow Soybeans

Interveinal chlorosis on soybean leaves

Sub-Freezing Spring Temperatures and Crops

How cold is too cold for my crop?

Farmers, have you checked your stored grain lately?

$Pile of stored grain corn$

Considerations for grain storage after the 2019 growing season

corn seeds, soybean seeds, and grain storage bins.

Crop yield and harvest moisture after an unusual growing season

A combine harvesting soybean plants

News Releases (3)

Farmers battle clock, weeds in spring planting season

Get latest crop updates at virtual Northwestern Illinois research farm field days

Insect monitoring in soybeans: What to look for during pod fill

Staff (1)

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Douglas B. Gucker

Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator