planting dates

⋅ BY DR. RACHEL VANN ⋅ NC State Extension Using the optimal soybean planting date is critical to maximize yield for our full season soybeans and planting before mid-May has been identified as a key to maximize yield in high yield...

• By David Moseley • The first planting of a planting date trial was sown at the Dean Lee Research Station on March 22. This research trial will also be planted at the Rice Research Station in Crowley and the...

• By Eddie McGriff • Most farmers would probably say that corn benefits more from early planting than soybeans. Research from the Midwest and field experience from the Southeast recognizes that soybeans may actually benefit more by increasing yields from...

As full-season soybean planting gets underway in Kentucky, Carrie Knott, University of Kentucky grain crops specialist, offers Kentucky producers some advice to help them get the crop off to a good start. “We know that to maximize yields of full-season...

Producers are tracing the mixed results they see from the 2019 Mississippi soybean harvest back to early struggles getting the crop started. Trent Irby, Mississippi State University Extension Service soybean specialist, said there were extreme environmental challenges for all crops...

Several management practices may add a little extra yield to late-planted soybean, says University of Missouri Extension soybean specialist Bill Wiebold. Record-breaking wet weather set back soybean planting greatly in May. Wiebold’s research shows average yield for soybean planted in...

• By Rachel Vann and David Holshouser • Now that the weather has turned hot and dry, and with limited rainfall in the forecast, we are starting to get questions about continuing to plant soybeans or halting planting until we...

• By Trent Irby • To say that this planting season has been full of challenges with respect to weather conditions would be an extreme understatement. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mississippi soybean planting as...

With high seed prices and low commodity prices, you may be tempted to reduce seeding rates. Unfortunately, there isn't much data to back those decisions. A group of studies conducted in Iowa from 2009-2015 found that planting date was a...