University of Illinois Northwestern Illinois Research and Education Center

06/29/2018

Follow this link for details about this years field day at the farm. Hope to see you here on the 18th of July.

MONMOUTH, Ill. – The Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center near Monmouth has scheduled a field day for July 18. University of Illinois crop sciences faculty, researchers, students, and Extension specialists will address issues pertinent to the 2018 growing season.

07/20/2017

We will be hosting our annual field day at the farm on Wednesday July 26th. Below is the press release with speakers and topics. We will have a stop at our Wood chip Bioreactor that will be under construction and open to allow attendees to see how these are plumbed to efficiently digest unused nitrogen that would normally escape the tile lines. This is a new two stage design that has been developed by Dr Laura Christianson and will be regularly sampled by research farm staff and analyzed by Dr. Christianson to determine it's effectiveness at removing nitrogen from tile lines. Hope to see you there.

The program is set for the 36th annual University of Illinois’ Northwestern Agricultural Research Center Field Day. The program will begin at 8 am on Wednesday, July 26th. Topics and speakers will include: Lessons from 35+ Years of Research at the Northwestern Illinois Ag Research Center - Emerson N...

01/17/2017

Calling for Soybean farmers help! Emerson Nafziger is looking for information from the 2014 and 2015 soybean growing seasons. If you have records and want a $50 gift card go to the webpage listed below .

http://web.extension.illinois.edu/csrec/downloads/67445.pdf

08/04/2016

If you want a good article on the history of GMO's, what they are and what they aren't, this is a good one. Thanks Angie. http://web.extension.illinois.edu/nwiardc/eb270/entry_11634/

03/09/2016

Spring is in the air! The soil is drying, fertilizer is being applied, and soil temps are rising. In some places around the state field conditions are ready to plant, even though the optimum timing is a few weeks away. Some farmers are wondering if they should plant as earlier as possible this year in case we have a repeat of 2012. To help answer this question we decided to plant a small field at the NWRC on March 8th at different depths. Seed is planted at depths of 1.5", 2", 2.5" and 3". Current soil temps are ranging between 50 and 58. Progress of this planting will be posted over the next several weeks.

01/08/2016

The 2016 W**d Control Guide for Ohio, Indiana and Illinois is now available. This is a great resource as you plan for the 2016 growing season.

http://bulletin.ipm.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-W**d-Control-Guide.pdf

12/23/2015

Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) was reported in several fields in 2014 and 2015. In 2015 the NWRC conducted a replicated trial investigating the effectiveness of seed treatments against SDS. The data is available at:

http://web.extension.illinois.edu/nwiardc/downloads/62095.pdf

11/18/2015

It can be difficult deciding what seed to plant. The University of Illinois Variety Testing program provides unbiased yield results of several hybrids and varieties from multiple companies. 2015 results can be found at: http://vt.cropsci.illinois.edu/

The University of Illinois Variety Testing program began in 1934. Crop performance tests are conducted annually to provide farmers, extension personnel, and private seed companies with agronomic information on hybrids and varieties of the major Illinois field crops. The trials are professionally man…

10/29/2015

Online courses are available if you are interested in earning CCA credit or advancing your current agronomic knowledge at: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cca/ You will need to login and pay if you are looking for CEUs. The courses are free to the public, just select a topic of interest and then click the "Begin Course" button.

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10/01/2015

With the 2015 harvest progressing rapidly, it will only be a short time before the 2016 season is here. A recent webcast was created by Dr. Nicholas Tinsley discussing the value of tools designed to control corn rootworm. This could be a useful tool as you make input decisions for next year.

https://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/edcenter/seminars/corn/EfficacyFunctions/

Plant Health Progress, an online journal of the American Phytopathological Society with content appropriate for all plant health practitioners.

08/24/2015

Poor w**d control is evident this year in several soybean fields across the state. A recent article on the Hill and Furrow Blog mentions a few possible causes for this. The article also provides links to useful resources that can help you maintain a well developed herbicide program.

http://web.extension.illinois.edu/nwiardc/eb270/entry_10416/

In my many hours spent behind a windshield this summer, I have noticed several fields that look like the one in the photos above. Although there are individual marestail and giant ragw**d plants that have also poked their way through the soybean canopy, by and large the primary w**d species competin…

07/22/2015

The Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center 2015 Field Day is Tuesday, July 28th. Tours start at 8:00 AM. It is free to attend and CCA credits are available. This will be a great opportunity to learn about Sudden Death Syndrome, nitrogen management, and more! For a complete list of topics check out the link below.

http://web.extension.illinois.edu/nwiardc/downloads/59642.pdf