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Hill and Furrow 2015

Postmortem: Corn Diseases in 2015 - Old Nemeses and New Foes

Timely planting in April and May was followed by record-setting rains in June. This led to ponded water that remained for long periods of time in some areas. Research has shown that flooded, anaerobic soil conditions can be devastating for young corn plants, resulting in suffocation death after...
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Online courses target weed and crop management topics

Each year the University of Illinois Extension's regional Crop Management Conferences offer hours of research-based education to farmers, Certified Crop Advisors, and other agricultural professionals. Interactive online courses were developed from 2015 conference presentations by University of...
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Sudden Death Syndrome Update

Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) caused significant yield losses in soybeans in west-central Illinois in 2014. SDS was again reported in some west-central Illinois fields in 2015, and also appeared in the earliest (April 15) planted soybeans at the Northwestern IL Ag. R&D Center (NWIARDC). With...
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We're off and running!

Soil conditions and weather was cooperating enough at the Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center (NWIARDC) to both begin spring nitrogen applications and sow the first corn on April 1. As is the case most years, the first corn planted on the NWIARDC is planted earlier...
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Bacterial Blight Prevalent on Soybeans

Symptoms of bacterial blight are prevalent at the Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research & Demonstration Center in 2015. As the disease name suggests, bacterial blight is caused by a bacterium called Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. glycinea. Disease is favored by conditions...
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Average May 2015 Weather Near 30-Year "Normal"

Precipitation. May precipitation at the Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center (NWIARDC) totaled 4.76 inches - surpassing the total accumulated during the four previous months combined (Table) and totaling very close to the 30-year...
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Wanted: Illinois soybean producers for online survey

Do you produce soybeans in Illinois? Would you be willing to spend 10 minutes helping to tailor programs and projects geared toward improving future soybean yield and profitability? If your answer to both questions is "yes", assist a joint effort of personnel from the University of Illinois...
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Symptoms and signs of Fusarium head blight (scab) on wheat

Although wheat is typically grown primarily in southern Illinois, where producers are then able plant double crop soybeans, some wheat is also produced throughout the rest of the state. At the Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center (NWIARDC), winter wheat has been...
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Save the Date - NWIARDC 2015 Field Day!

Be sure to mark your calendars for the 34th Annual Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research & Demonstration Center Field Day - this July 28 beginning at 8 AM!  Come and visit with University of Illinois research and Extension personnel as they share the results of farm-practical disease...
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