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Corn Hybrid Reports
Soybean Variety Reports
Biological Product Reports
2024 Soybean Product Testing (10 Products)
2023 Corn Product Testing (12 Products)
2023 Soybean Product Testing (6 Products)
2022 Corn Product Testing (11 Products)
2022 Soybean Product Testing (8 Products)
Podcasts
Corn School: Is the future of corn higher populations in narrow rows? – Real Agriculture, 9 January 2026
Residue Management and Root Traits in Corn Systems – Dr. Connor Sible – The Crop Science Podcast, Episode 108, 6 January 2026
Insights from 2025 Yield Contest – Successful Farming Podcast, 29 December 2025
Biological Seed Treatments and Amendments – Organic Advisor Call Series, Episode 5, 1 October 2025
Yield of Dreams: Home Team Advantage at University of Illinois – A Penney for Your Thoughts, Episode 85, 29 September 2025
Yield of Dreams: Loading the Bases at University of Illinois – A Penney for Your Thoughts, Episode 84, 16 September 2025
Characterizing Corn: Roots, Short Corn, and Strip-till – Talking Crop Podcast, Episode 9, Season 2, Illinois Extension, 3 September 2025
University Research Meets the Field: Dr. Sible on Yield, Inputs, and Tissue Testing – CropCast, Episode 36, BW Fusion, 6 June 2025
High Yield Management in Corn and Soybean: Part 2 – A Penney for Your Thoughts, Episode 78, 3 June 2025
High Yield Management in Corn and Soybean: Part 1 – A Penney for Your Thoughts, Episode 77, 20 May 2025
Demystifying Biologicals – Penn State Extension, Season 3, Episode 23, 14 May 2025
Tissue Testing: Is It Worth the Effort? – Field Advisor Podcast, Episode 38, 10 April 2025
Residue Management and Crop Physiology – A Penney for Your Thoughts, Episode 64, 12 August 2024
Understanding Biologicals and Biostimulants – Dairy Stream Podcast, Episode 123, 6 August 2024
Snake Oil or Viper Lipid? – Beneficial Microbes, PGRs, Biostimulants – A Penney for Your Thoughts, Episode 63, 29 July 2024
Talking Continuous Corn, Residue Management, and More with Dr. Connor Sible – Talking Crop Podcast, Episode 2, Season 1, Illinois Extension, 29 May 2024
No More Secrets: Maintain a Season-Long Approach for High Yielding Soybean – Field Advisor Podcast, Episode 6, 26 February 2024
Let’s Talk Biologicals with Connor Sible – “Keeping it Independent”, Episode 25, Wyffels Hybrids, January, 2024
Navigating Extreme Weather Impacts on Illinois Agriculture – “The Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Podcast”, Episode 54, Illinois Extension, 31 July 2023
Navigating the World of Biological Products with Mike Gretzinger and Connor Sible – “The Agronomists”, Episode 108, Real Agriculture, 10 April 2023
Blog/Trade Journal Articles, Short Videos
Carbon as a crop input? Exploring humic acid and sugar-based products – Breaking Down Biologicals series, FarmWeek Now, 26 August 2026
Reduce, reuse, recycle residue – Breaking Down Biologicals series, FarmWeek Now, 13 August 2026
Got nitrogen? These microbes do, but do they share it with our crop? – Breaking Down Biologicals series, FarmWeek Now, 28 July 2026
What is making biological headlines today? – Breaking Down Biologicals series, FarmWeek Now, 15 July 2026
Know your options: What’s ‘that’ biological? -Breaking Down Biologicals series, FarmWeek Now, 1 July 2026
Video: Know your options: What’s ‘that’ biological? Breaking Down Biologicals series, FarmWeek Now, 30 June 2026
What to consider before using a biostimulant or biological – Breaking Down Biologicals series, FarmWeek Now, 17 June 2026
Bio-what!? Review of biologicals, biostimulants, biofertilizers – Breaking Down Biologicals series, FarmWeek Now, 3 June 2026
Presentation PDFs
Review of Biological Products – Dr. Connor Sible
Field Day Videos
The 2026 Univ. of IL Crop Physiology Day!! (What is that all about?) to the 2026 Crop Physiology Day, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Greatest Hits for High Corn Yield– Dr. Fred Below, 2026 Crop Physiology Day, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Highway to Yield: A New Look at Nutrient Needs for Corn– Wyatt Wessel, 2026 Crop Physiology Day, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Pour Some Sulfur on Me: Considerations for Corn and Soybean– Derek Slifer, 2026 Crop Physiology Day, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Corn Roots & Fertilizer Placement, The Two Tickets to Yield Paradise– Jared Fender, 2026 Crop Physiology Day, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Boron to Be Wild: Latest Crop Physiology Hits with Boron Fertilizers– Eric Morsink, 2026 Crop Physiology Day, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Free Fallin’? Not This Wheat, Reducing Lodging with PGRs– Ava Isaacs, 2026 Crop Physiology Day, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Don’t Stop Belivin’ in Soybean: The Journey to High Soy Yields – Dr. Connor Sible, 2026 Crop Physiology Day, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Home Field Advantage, Picking the Right Site to Play the Game (Soybean Field Selection) – Dr. Marcos Loman, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Who’s on First? Seed Treatments for Soybean – Dr. Marli Favoretto, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Scouting for the Next Best Inputs: Are Biologicals Ready for the Draft? – Ava Isaacs, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Playing the Long Game, Multi–Year Fertility Management – Sam Leskanich, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Staying in the Strike Zone, Strip–Tilling Your P&K – Jared Fender, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Farmer Panel with Troy Uphoff, Lance Tarochione, and Andy Dole – Filmed by Stu Ellis
The Three P’s of Productivity – Dr. Fred Below, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Profiting from the Stalks Within Your Stalks – Dalton Knerrer, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Tracking Your Fertilizer Through the Soil Profile – Gabriela Frigo Fernandes, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Know Your Strip-Till Options to Optimize NUE and Yield – Jared Fender, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Remembering Your Roots – Sam Leskanich, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Matchmaking 101: Taking Your Hybrid Out for the Perfect Date – Miranda Ochs, Filmed by Stu Ellis
The Field Marshal: Cracking Down on Herbicide Resistance – Devin Koester, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Keys to Higher Corn and Soybean Yields – Dr. Sible, Filmed by Stu Ellis
Webinars / Recorded Conference Presentations / Video Shorts
7 Corn Yield Secrets Farmers Need– Dr. Fred Below, IL Corn TV, 27 July 2026
Evaluating Leaf Nutrient Tissue Testing and Relation to Soybean Grain Yield– Drs. Connor Sible and Fred Below, IL Soybean Association, 23 Sept 2024 (3:09)
Improving Nitrogen Use of Corn with Preplant Placement and Preplant to Sidedress Ratio – Dr. Fred Below, IL NREC, 15 February, 2024 (28:58)
Soybean Success, No Longer a Secret – Dr. Connor Sible, Illinois Soybean Summit, February, 2024 (48:41)
The Value of Residue – Dr. Fred Below, Meristem Crop Performance, 2023 (7:56)
Banded Fertility: Music for High Yields – Drs. Fred Below and Scott Foxhoven, 12 March, 2022 (1:00:29)
Understanding Biologicals in Corn Production – Dr. Connor Sible, Produced by Wyffels Hybrids Agronomy Series, 2022 (1:12:14)
The Important Role Nitrogen Plays in Photosynthesis and Yield of Corn – Dr. Fred Below, Commodity Classic, 3 March, 2021 (47:59)
Understanding Biologicals for Improved Soybean Management – Dr. Connor Sible, Produced by IL Soy Advisor, 2021 (58:09)
Rethink Management for Modern Crop Production – Drs. Fred Below and Ross Bender, CHS Agronomy LIFT Agriculture Summit, 2016 (45:23)
Nutrient Requirements for High Yield Corn – Dr. Fred Below, Agricen Webinar, 2014 (16:35)
Soybean College 2013 – Dr. Fred Below, Illinois Soybean Association, 2013 (49:51)
The Six Secrets of Soybean Success – Drs. Fred Below and Jason Haegele, Illinois Soybean Association, 4 March 2013 (42:16)
Seven Wonders of the Corn Yield World – Dr. Fred Below, 2011 (2:22)
Conference Posters and Presentations
2025 CANVAS Conference
- When, How, and Where Can Biological Products Improve Soybean Productivity? – poster.pdf
- Variety Selection Affects Soybean Response to Fertility – poster.pdf
- Role of Root Architecture in Response to Nitrogen and Density of Short-Statured Maize – presentation.pdf
- Sources and Rates of Foliar-applied Boron to Enhance Productivity of Maize – presentation.pdf
- Sulfur Rate and Source Influences Soybean Productivity – presentation.pdf
- Biostimulants and Biologicals: Identifying the Disparities Among Academia, Industry, and Regulatory Perspectives – presentation.pdf
2024 ASA/CSSA/SSSA Conference
- Can Sidedress Nitrogen Recover Flooding-Induced Yield Loss – presentation.pdf
- Optimizing Biological Product Management to Improve Soybean Productivity – presentation.pdf
- The SAAM Rating: Categorizing Maize Roots – presentation.pdf
- Enhancing Wheat Straw Decomposition to Improve Soybean Double Cropping – poster.pdf
- Optimizing Maize Hybrid Performance with Agronomic Management – poster.pdf
- Enhancing Nutrient Availability for Maize with Surface-Banding of Dry Fertilizers – poster.pdf
2023 ASA/CSSA/SSSA Conference
- Does Fertilizer Source Affect the Availability of Fall-Applied Nutrients for Maize? – presentation.pdf
- Dry Drop Placement: A Novel Approach to Fertilizing Maize – poster.pdf
- Managing Short Stature Maize for Maximum Yield – presentation.pdf
- Role of Root Architecture in Response to In-Season Nitrogen Applications to Maize – poster.pdf
- Managing Decomposition of Cereal Rye Residues in No-Till Soybean for Timely Nutrient Release – poster.pdf
- Soybean Planting Date Impacts the Response to Agronomic Management – poster.pdf
2022 ASA/CSSA/SSSA Conference
- Versatility of Mycorrhizal Fungi Applications to Increase Maize Productivity – poster.pdf
- Can Multi-Year Fertilizer Applications Improve Productivity in a Maize and Soybean Rotation? – poster.pdf
- Yield Response of Maize to P and K Fertilization Increased by Co-Application with Humic Acid – poster.pdf
2021 ASA/CSSA/SSSA Conference
- Co-Application of Calcified Algae and MicroEssentials-S10 Affects Phosphorus Availability and Productivity of Maize – poster.pdf
- A New Source of Nitrogen for Maize from the Bacterial Product PROVEN – poster.pdf
- Fall Residue Management Reduces the Continuous Corn Yield Penalty – poster.pdf