Recent News
Planning Ahead… Strategic Residual Herbicide
Planning to plant covers this fall? Plan your residual herbicide strategy accordingly. The increased adoption of soil residual herbicides in soybeans to control herbicide resistant weeds could result in carryover into fall planted cover crops. If you plan to plant covers this fall and had to adjust your herbicide program this spring it is a good idea to recognize the...
Precision Conservation Management Hires New Conservation Specialist and Creates “Habitat Conservation Connection” Program
Precision Conservation Management Hires New Conservation Specialist Serving Piatt, DeWitt, and Macon Counties MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS - David Fulton, is a new hire for Precision Conservation Management (PCM) Conservation Specialist serving Piatt, DeWitt, and Macon Counties with an emphasis on the Upper Sangamon River Watershed. Fulton grew up on a small farm outside of Lincoln, Illinois. While raising livestock for FFA...
Successful Management on Risky Business!
The Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Partnership held a state-wide Risk Management Conference on June 19th in Normal, Illinois. Farmers and their advisors came together to talk about soil health and water management from a risk management perspective through presentations, discussion panels, and interactive conversations about weather, production resiliency, economics, risk management, business drivers, and sustainability. Eric Snodgrass was our master of ceremonies...
Precision Conservation Management is making an impact in Illinois! Here’s an update from the PCM Director, Dr. Laura Gentry
PCM Partners, Happy Spring! We hope that planting season finds everyone well. PCM Specialists were busy this winter delivering Resource Analysis and Assessment Plans (RAAPs) to our 117 PCM cooperators in Illinois. In Kentucky, Chris Stewart has enrolled 21 farmers and we are working to develop their RAAP reports and provide conservation opportunities for them. We hosted 3 PCM quarterly meetings this winter...
Risk Management Conference Only Two Weeks Away!
In two weeks, join the members of the Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Partnership for this state-wide Risk Management Conference on June 19th in Normal, Illinois. If you haven't already registered, CLICK HERE! We’ll be bringing in farmers and their advisors to talk about soil health and water management from a risk management perspective through presentations, discussion panels, and interactive conversations about weather,...
Soybean Cyst Nematode: Race Shifts and Grass Cover Crops as a Potential Alternative Control
Authors: Talon Becker and Nathan Kleczewski Among the various soybean pests, Heterodera glycines Ichinohe, known by most as soybean cyst nematode (SCN), continues to be a persistent cause of yield loss for soybean producers1. SCN has been found in every county in Illinois, as well as much of the eastern United States, Puerto Rico, and parts of Hawaii and Canada2 (Figure 1). Figure...