Soybean Yield Challenge 2019

The Illinois Soybean Association will be holding a webinar on April 4 to present the Illinois Soybean Yield Challenge for 2019.  The yield challenge is a good way to challenge yourself to test higher levels of inputs to see if you can beat your normal management practices and learn what your return on investment might be.  Register now for the webinar and tune in next week.

Agent Orange in Vietnam

My friend Dr. Ken Olsen has released his study of Agent Orange Residues in Vietnam.  This is a followup to his studies of tunnels in Vietnam.  Agent Orange is made up of 2-4D and 2-4-5T.  Neither chemical is persistent in the environment, but the mixture sprayed in Vietnam did not have toxic dioxin removed.  He has found that the dioxin is still persisting in the environment and in places around some of the airports, the dioxin is still found in very high levels.  I wrote a term paper on Agent Orange for my Weeds Class at U of I, so I am very familiar with the issue.