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It's also time to consider switching to corn planting if you are unable to plant corn and soybeans simultaneously. Beware of salt-burn risks in spring strip tillage, and start checking soybeans for bean leaf beetles.

Weather conditions can guide planting conditions. The calendar plays a role, too. Watch the brief video on soybean maturities and why night length is so important to the flowering process.

Here's one way to know whether you work with a reputable seed company. Along with that, it's time to put out lures and traps for various pests, including wireworms, armyworms and voles.

“The answer to these questions is yes, maybe, sorta,” he says. "One of the things we do know is healthy plants handle stress better than unhealthy plants."

The Clemson EMC Calculator can help you with wet soybeans. With strips and anhydrous applications, focus on building a good seedbed for next spring.

Don't get caught leasing ground with poor soil pH and too-low nutrient levels.

Some Illinois elevators are taking soybeans with up to 18% moisture. Another option is if you have open bins with good air capacity, you might be able to put beans in the bin and apply air and heat to them.

Possible tax changes on the table in Washington are causing angst in agriculture. Secretary Vilsack says the proposed changes won't impact 98% of family farms, but another analysis contradicts those claims.

Chip Flory discusses reconciliation bill outlooks with South Dakota and Arkansas Senators as well as AFBF President.

Chip Flory is joined by USDA Secretary Vilsack to discuss who is affected by stepped-up basis and why he thinks agricultural America should be in support of it.

On Wednesday, Reuters reported EPA is mulling cuts to biofuel blending levels, calling it a win for big oil. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley commented on the RFS rumors on AgriTalk.

Disease pressure is building in parts of Illinois. Also, check out the agenda and register for Farm Journal Corn & Soybean College, set for Aug. 3-4.

Evaluate hail-damaged soybeans, too, before applying post herbicides or a rescue treatment.

Along with that issue, Ken Ferrie addresses corn rootworm and other pests and diseases that he's observing and addressing in the field now.

DC Signal To Noise: It's time to take a closer look at the U.S. China trade relationship and the clock is ticking on the infrastructure bill.

Here's what you need to know about Biden's $4 trillion dollar infrastructure plan. Plus, what's the deal with Liz Cheney and internal conflict in the Republican party? Get the details in this week's Signal to Noise.

Consider doing a simple grow-out to assess whether last year's products are still at work in fields where you plan to rotate crops this season.

Information from end-of-season yield map meetings can give you the insights you need to make valuable adjustments to your 2021 cropping plans and improve your growing season and yield outcomes.

Plan for a normal crop, hope for the biggest crop of your career and then mitigate the risk of a drought or crop failure.

Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie notes that in most cases, trenches are sealing well. However, in some especially dry areas he’s hearing complaints that that’s not always the case.

Farmers in west-central Illinois and east-central Missouri are wrapping up the 2020 harvest, and many are seeing above-average crop yields.

The pandemic takes field days virtual.

Piecing the puzzle together to find a solution has looked different for every state fair in 2020. Here's a look at the status of state fairs and insights from industry leaders along the way.

“If we're not doing what our farmers and our farmer-based board want us to do, we're not checking the box of doing the right thing that day,” - Samantha Schmidgall, Ag View FS in Walnut, IL

What if farmers could get paid for practices that promote ecosystem services?

Chief U.S. Ag Negotiator Gregg Doud gives a details look at the ongoing implementation of the Phase One trade deal with China.

Scott Thellman loves to experiment on his farm. So when Kansas opened up the Industrial Hemp Research Program in the winter of 2019, Thellman applied to join. 

The worldwide coronavirus outbreak prompted the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by half a percent on Tuesday. It's just the latest in a growing snowball of events resulting from the virus spread.

A third year of tariff aid payments seems all but assured after President Donald Trump tweeted support for continuation of the Market Facilitation Program (MFP). 

The recommended practice is counter to what farmers usually do.

Make sure phosphate is the major component in the product you use.

Ag leaders will make a push for USDA to release the third round of Market Facilitation Program Payments next month according to Pro Farmer Policy Analyst Jim Wiesemeyer.

The problem occurs when soils go without any plant growth for a prolonged period, causing microbe populations to die off.

Weeds like henbit and marestail have a wide window for control.

One test plot harvested last week showed surprising results.

Stress during both the vegetative and reproductive periods is a key contributor.

Preserve yield results with this plan.

Illinois corn yield averages are likely to tumble more.

Some ear rots can produce mycotoxins, dangerous for humans and animals alike.

Rain grows grain but contributes to disease issues.

Farmers need to have a strategy in place to handle wet grain this coming harvest.

Farmers need to make a management plan for their prevented plant acres.

Toady on AgriTalk, we’re talking to Greg Henderson of Drovers, Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor, Inc., Jeff Broin of POET, and Dr. Harold Newcomb of Merck Animal Health.

Today on AgriTalk, we’re talking with Margy Ecklekamp of AgPro magazine, Geoff Cooper of the Renewable Fuels Association, and farmers Bob Birdsell of Missouri and Chad Leman of Illinois.

Brandt has a family-oriented culture that transcends into their role as an international business. Tim McArdle and Mark Powell reflect on their history and how that drive them forward.

Brandt has a family-oriented culture that transcends into their role as an international business. Tim McArdle and Mark Powell reflect on their history and how that drive them forward.

Tim Stoehr of Albaugh discusses where crop protection services could head in the future, how the tariff war between the U.S. and China is having an impact on supply and disruptions, and his optimism for agriculture.

Tim Stoehr of Albaugh discusses where crop protection services could head in the future, how the tariff war between the U.S. and China is having an impact on supply and disruptions, and his optimism for agriculture.

Scott Wohltman the cover crop lead for LaCrosse Seed in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, talks about giving direction to growers with CRP acres, where the cover crop industry is headed, and LaCrosse Seed’s role in ag retail.

Ken Ferrie addresses changing hybrid maturities.