Farm

Midwestern soybean farmers looking for a high-yield variety with built-in disease resistance will soon have a new option – Saluki 4313, developed at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Stella K. Kantartzi, associate professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Agricultural Systems and principal investigator in the Plant Breeding and Genetics Lab, said the SIU Soybean Germplam and Variety Committee recently approved the variety’s release.

With this year’s prolonged planting season keeping the county’s farmers traveling to and from their fields, the Fayette County Farm Bureau and other organizations are reminding motorists of the dangers of sharing the roads with oversized agricultural equipment.

The Fayette County Farm Bureau Foundation has awarded scholarships to two local students who are planning careers in agriculture.

Farmers in Northern and Eastern Illinois last week were able to plant corn where soils were dry enough.
Little progress was made across the rest of the state as farmers were sidelined waiting for saturated soils to dry.
Rains fell again late in the week, stalling any drying that had occurred. The heaviest rainfall totals fell over the south central portions of the state, where more than an inch was received. In other areas of the state, totals were generally less than an inch.