CEO Reports
Looking Back – Drill Box Surveys
Drill Box Surveys The year is 1972, and Illinois Crop Improvement staff are conducting the soybean drill box survey initiated in 1965. The soybean survey was a cooperative venture of the University of Illinois Agriculture Extension Service, Illinois State Department of Agriculture Seed Control Division, Illinois County Farm Advisers, and Illinois Crop Improvement Association. While […]
Looking Forward to 2022
We are looking forward to 2022! There is a story behind why 2022 is the 100th annual meeting of the Illinois Crop Improvement Association. You can learn about the details of that story as you read on. February 23 IL-IN Seed Conditioning Workshop – Holiday Inn Champaign IL: On February 23 in Champaign, IL, please join […]
Purity and Identity Still Key
The Illinois Crop Improvement Association has had another successful year of providing essential services in support of agriculture. Our Puerto Rico based winter services provide critical data and seed to plant breeders and seed producers. The broader seed and grain industry relies on our laboratory services to make critical quality and processing decisions. In July […]
Uncertain Times
These are uncertain times. So uncertain that I felt the need to return to one of my first Illinois Seed News articles as a new CEO. The article is titled “A Clear Foundation” and is now going on 8 years old. I found it comforting as we face a world suffering from COVID-19. I hope […]
Workshop March 11th
The 34th annual IL-IN Seed Conditioning Workshop will be March 11, 2020, in Urbana, Illinois. The day will kick off with Alan Gaul, Iowa State University, and A “Trip Through the Plant” – Air Screen, Sizing and Gravity. As always seed treatment topics are included along with plans for a panel discussion currently titled Seed […]
Treated Soybean Seed
It has come to our attention that farmers may still have treated soybean seed that was not planted this spring. First, treated seed must be handled and disposed of properly. Keep all treated seed out of the commodity grain channels. Visit http://www.seed-treatment-guide.com/ for more information on the disposal of treated seed. Second, soybean seed is not known […]
Heads-Up
During the past year the Puerto Rico farm business continued its recovery and added additional crops and services. Sunflower growouts returned in a big way, after taking a year off due to Hurricane Maria, helping the bottom line significantly. Spring grains, such as wheat and rye, also returned. Mung beans and dry beans were added […]