Agronomy: Soybeans Faced Challenges in 2015
Soybean harvest is done for 2015! It was a challenging year for soybeans: too wet early, dry later in the summer, little or no [...]
Agronomy: Q&A: Soybean Seeding Rate & Decrease in Lower Pods
Q: In soybeans, what would cause plants to pod extremely high off the ground, for example, not producing any pods on the bottom five [...]
Agronomy: Soybean Selection 101
As a grower some of the most important decisions you make are the varieties you choose. Your quest for yield and profitability really begins [...]
Agronomy: Base Variety Decisions on Past Field Performance
Make sure to analyze this year’s variety performance before making next season’s variety decision. Soybeans are turning and drying down, combines are running, and [...]
Agronomy: Soybean Conditions in August
Hello from District 2. Soybeans are really starting to change color quickly here in District 2. Temperatures were very high a couple weeks ago [...]
Agronomy: Five Things We Learned in 2015
Now that harvest 2015 has started, let’s look at some of the things we have learned during this growing season. 1. Variety selection is [...]
Agronomy: Harvest Aids Questions as Soybean Harvest Approaches
This year with all the wet weather and a lack of good weed control in many areas, many farmers are asking about using a [...]
Agronomy: Avoid harvesting soybeans too dry
“Avoid harvesting soybeans” too dry is almost a cliché and a seemingly impossible task. Growers try to start combining when beans are 14% or [...]
Agronomy: How to Check when Soybeans are Mature
Soybean maturity and “ready to harvest” are generally not the same thing. Physiologically speaking, soybeans are mature when seed dry matter accumulation is complete. [...]
Agronomy: Getting Ready for Harvest
You probably have noticed that some fields of soybeans have moved into their end game and are beginning to show some signs of ageing, [...]
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