Northern Illinois Crop Update
27 weeks 1 day ago
Northern Illinois started out wet again this spring then most of the region experienced drought conditions. The corn north of I-80 went in pretty good and received good timely rains. The corn from I-80 South to SR-136 received a lot more rain early - especially the Eastern side....
Scouting for Rootworms
46 weeks 5 days ago
Scouting for Rootworm Damage
Several rootworm events have been launched since the first event was commercialized back in 2003 - mCry3A, Cry34Ab1/35Ab1 and Cry3Bb1 just to name a few. Growers should never take for granted the level of protection provided by the rootworm trait product planted,...
Northern Illinois Crop Udpdate
50 weeks 3 days ago
Northern Illinois
For the 4th year in a row farmers in Northern Illinois are experiencing another wet spring. Western Illinois farmers started planting corn the first part of April. At the end of April the corn planted the first week looked fine but the corn planted on the 14th or...
Northern Illinois Harvest Summary
1 year 25 weeks ago
Lots of variability across the Central & Northern part of Illinois this year. I-80 & North was probably the garden spot. When they experienced rain this spring they were mainly getting 1- 2 inches instead of 4-5 inch rains further south. Also didn't have the...
What Consistency!
1 year 31 weeks ago
LG2620VT3 is in the History Books! NO Hybrid in the 14 year history of the F.I.R.S.T. trials has Placed 1st in the Illinois North trial, 1st in the Illinois West Central trial and 1st in the Illinois East Central trial summaries like LG2620VT3 has this year! LG2620VT3 FIRST in the ILNO 6...