Some years, we look back and wish we could have planted all our crops within a specific window of time. Typically, that window is from mid- to late- April. According…
Author: Beck's Field Agronomists
A Harvest Plan WILL Make the Difference
This season has been one for the record books for nearly every state in the Corn Belt. Extreme rainfall and delayed planting forced many farmers to plant well into June…
Don't Turn a Delayed Planting into a Late Harvest
The never-ending rains and flooding of this season have provided each of you with a host of challenges along the way. The excessive moisture has led to many issues that…
Foliar Nutrition: Targeted or Blanket Applications?
Applying foliar nutrition products to ensure your crop has the nutrition it needs to finish strong is nothing new! In fact, Beck’s Practical Farm Research (PFR) has identified five PFR…
Pigweed Adds Three Herbicides to Its Resistance List
Let’s begin by addressing the term “pigweed.” Typically, when referring to pigweed, the first thing you need to consider is your location. If you are in Central Illinois, then most…
Managing White Mold
While Sudden Death Syndrome and Brown Stem Rot steal the spotlight in most soybean disease discussions, there is another disease that plagues soybean production in the northern geographies, White Mold.…