The harvest season is in full swing around the Midwest and the places you’d expect to find the best cash prices have changed. Todd Gleason has more on the way ethanol production has impacted Illinois farmers.

The record high price for wheat, and an early fall harvest might give Illinois farmers a reason to put more acres of the winter crop in the ground. Todd Gleason has these tips from the University of Illinois for sowing a successful field of soft red winter wheat.

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Recreational fishing that involves catch-and-release may seem like just good fun. Most believe the released fish go on to live happily ever after. But, as Todd Gleason reports, a recent University of Illinois study shows that may not be the case.  

There is a tool farmers can use to compare delivery points…one elevator against another. Todd Gleason has more on the University of Illinois’ Grain Delivery Model Spreadsheet.

http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/pubs/FASTtool.asp?category=grain

Farmers in Illinois should have a plan in place before starting to fertilize this fall for next year’s crop. As Todd Gleason reports from the University of Illinois soil testing is the first step in putting a comprehensive and economical plan together.

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Early corn yield reports suggest the USDA may need to increase the size of the crop. Todd Gleason takes up the September 12 Crop Production with an ag economists from the University of Illinois.

There are growing calls in Illinois for the Chicago Board of Trade to fix the specifications on soybean contracts. The Illinois Farm Bureau asked the economists at the University of Illinois to study the problem that has lead to an extraordinarily wide cash soybean basis. That same problem, as Todd Gleason reports, has been evident in other commodities at the C-B-O-T.

The price of wheat in Chicago has reached record highs and the soybean contracts seem to represent a world price for the commodity. Todd Gleason files this report on the disconnect between the futures market and the cash price for wheat and soybeans in the Midwest. 

Illinois farmers should keep a look out for weeds that slipped through their control programs this growing season. As Todd Gleason reports the University of Illinois would like them to send samples of weeds that could be glyphosate resistant.