The Illinois Advantage
SEPTEMBER 2026 | VOLUME 6, ISSUE 11
For 50 years, NASA has helped farmers to boldly grow, bringing you innovations designed for space exploration that translate to field exploration.
By IL Field & Bean Team
The 2025 Soybean Summit is an expanded, two-day event designed to provide Illinois farmers with timely updates on a number of issues. Step inside!
By IL Field & Bean Team
Queen of the Field Meal, Deanne Frieders shares some of her favorite farmhouse holiday recipes.
By IL Field & Bean Team
Don Guinnip, Clark County farmer, proposes that a sound, farmer-directed wheat program is good economically, environmentally, socially and politically.
By Don Guinnip
Recently, your Illinois soybean checkof was pleased to donate seven pallets - nearly ...
By IL Field & Bean Team
Highlighting research results from the 2024 growing season.
By ISA Agronomy Team
In 2024, soybean farmers in the 29 soybean-growing U.S. states lost just over 250 million bushels (5.4% of the nation’s crop) to soybean diseases, many of them stem diseases. Learn more about what to watch for this growing season, and how ISA is waging a war against these costly crop killers.
By IL Field & Bean Team
Discover how ISA’s Agronomy Team is turning checkoff investments into real-world, field-level support, research and results for Illinois farmers.
By Kelsey Litchfield, ISA Agronomic Outreach Manager
From cutting-edge research to hands-on support, discover the vital role Extension plays in improving farm operations and advancing Illinois agriculture.
By Talon Becker, Commercial Agriculture Specialist, University of Illinois Extension
We're here to support you. Explore the many ways the ISA Agronomy Team can help maximize your on-farm productivity.
By Stacy Zuber, Ph.D., ISA Research Data Scientist
Soil health mindset underpins efforts to boost productivity, sustainability and resilience.
By IL Field & Bean Team
Step inside the 2024 Soy Connext event, designed to position Illinois farmers to increase U.S. soy exports.
By Erin Worrell, Communications Manager, U.S. Soybean Export Council
Earlier this year, the ISA Market Development Committee traveled to Southeast Asia to explore soybean meal market opportunities for Illinois soybean farmers. Learn more about the team's eye-opening experience and the many ways ISA is tapping into international markets to increase demand for Illinois soybeans.
By Eileen Pabst
Sixty percent of Illinois soybeans are exported to destinations around the world. This article highlights the “chain of custody” that Illinois soy goes through to get from farm to market.
By Eric Woodie
How do we make investments now to ensure a resilient transportation system by 2050? Learn more about what's needed to create an ag-centric transportation system.
By IL Field & Bean Team
The ISA Soy Innovation Center is developing bio-based lubricants while simultaneously developing market opportunities.
By IL Field & Bean Team
Tim Rendall, ISA Domestic Markets Manager, highlights sustainability in the agri-food supply chain and the need for better alignment between companies and farmers.
By Tim Rendall