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Soybeans: planting progress, double crop and late-planting considerations

• By Angela McClure • The June 6 Tennessee crop progress report indicated over seventy percent (72%) of our soybean crop was in the ground, which is an improvement over the past few years. However, wheat dry down and double crop...

Maximizing returns from double-cropped soybeans

Double cropping is a practice where farmers harvest one crop, and then plant and harvest a second crop in the same field – all within the same year. It allows farmers to make the most out of the limited...

Behind planting full-season beans: What maturity group can I use?

• By Rachel Vann • Many North Carolina growers are now planting soybeans later than they intended to. Whether it is because wet weather prevented fields from getting planted in the first place or excessive wet weather is requiring a...

Mississippi State researchers mull seed quality issues in podcast

Although soybean seed quality issues seen during 2018 aren't as bad as 2009, they are more widespread and extend beyond the Mid-South and Mississippi River Delta. Dr. Bobby Golden, Mississippi State University Extension rice and soil fertility agronomist, and Dr....

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