Soybeans should have a “seed treatment” applied similar to our current seed corn treatments. Value of a soybean seed treatment Higher stand counts. Reduced or controlled early season insect feeding—possible virus control. Higher yield potentials Soybean seed treatment should include materials that provide for Early season insect elimination. Early season pathogen reduction. Early season disease…
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Question Can your planting date affect your soybean yields and profitability per acre? Answer The correct answer is, “Yes.” Reason Multiple state extension agronomists have demonstrated the yield loss due to later planting dates over multiple years. From the earliest planting date—around May1—the soybean crop will generally lose about 1/3 bushel per day of delay. A…
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With interest in growing more soybeans in 2014, the farm is facing the task of maximizing their soybean yields. Soybean seed selection is one of the first tasks to be undertaken. How to base your selection Yield. Disease resistance—most beans are similarly priced. Brown stem. Phytophthora—Rps1K, Rps7, Rps3, Rps1c. Sudden death syndrome—most resistance possible. White mold—north…
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Here are some thoughts from a couple of truly outstanding individuals. Norman Vincent Peale “Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your powers, you cannot be successful or happy.” Colin Powell “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.”
USDA forecasts that China will import a lot of soybeans in the future. In the 2004-2005 market year, China imported from all sources, about 1 billion bushels of soybeans. In market year 2012-2013, China will import an estimated 2.2 billion bushels of soybean. USDA indicates that the large importing of soybeans by China is a result…
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While attending the 25th Integrated Crop Management Conference, on December 4-5 at Iowa State University, I heard Dr. Chad Hart speak on Marketing for 2013 and beyond. He addressed the 2014 acreage potential for corn from a rather unique prospective. Dr. Hart indicated there were 18 states in the U.S. this year that grew their highest…
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The selection of your soybean varieties is a vital component of your management effort. But what criteria should be included in your variety selection? Criteria Yield—it is desirable to find a variety that is doing well in your area. Maturity Grouping—to spread out soybean harvest, I possibly might use a variety 0.2-to-0.5 maturity group shorter to begin…
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With the latest USDA forecast indicating a USA corn crop size of 14.0 billion bushel and soybean production at 3.26 billion bushel for 2013, these production levels for 2013 were not grown in the most favorable weather conditions. There are two experiments at our Agronology 10 Research Center at Walcott, IA, which clearly demonstrates the…
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Tip #1 I would strongly recommend that you consider adding 10 lbs. s/a to the fall dribble band fertilizer application. Our normal P&K recommendation for 60 bu/a soybeans would be a 17-40-80. Over a thirteen year time period (2001-2013), the addition of 10 lbs of sulfur enhanced yields by an average 2.2 bu/a per year. With soybeans…
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If you are farming in the droughty area like we experienced at the Agronology 10 Research Center in Walcott, IA in 2013, we observed roughly a 25 bu/a corn difference in 2013 from 2012. In 2013, our source of P and K for corn experiment averaged 193 bu/a for those 48 plots while in 2012,…
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