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Farmers still planting soybeans despite COVID-19

• By Craig Gautreaux • Soybeans are Louisiana’s largest crop in terms of acreage, and farmers across the state are busy planting this year’s crop despite the challenges of COVID-19. “About 10% of the state has been planted,” said LSU AgCenter...

USDA: Arkansas growers expected to increase plantings modestly

• By Ryan McGeeney • Arkansas corn and soybean growers are expected to increase the amount they plant modestly this season, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recent Planting Intentions Report. Corn acreage grew a modest 4% over 2019 planting...

USDA: Soybean growers plan to plant 83.5 million acres, up 10% from 2019

U.S. soybean producers say they plan to plant 83.5 million acres this season, up 10% from 2019. But this year's planting intentions are still far behind the 89.1 million acres growers said they planned to plant in 2018. Compared with...

Louisiana farmers begin planting amid uncertain prices

• By Bruce Schultz • Planting is underway or about to start for most crops in Louisiana, and farmers are watching the markets closely as the world economy reels from the fallout created by the novel coronavirus. Louisiana State University AgCenter...

Reduced acreage, shaky start challenged Mississippi soybeans

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...

NASS: Arkansas soybean acres drop to lowest in more than 50 years

Arkansas’ soybean acreage has dropped to its lowest point since 1960, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service crops resurvey figures released Monday. When NASS released its June 30 acreage report, the organization said it would resurvey soybean and cotton...

Soybean growth stages, conditions vary across Mississippi

The process of planting this year’s soybean crop in Mississippi has been anything but normal. The only consistent variable has been rain and a lot of it — from an unusually wet winter and spring to the stormwater the state...

Make the most of late-planted beans with narrow rows, fungicides

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...

To plant or not to plant? Consider these 3 options

• 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...

To replant or not to replant — that is the question

• 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...

Early season soybean response to flooding

• By Boyd Padgett • With the recent rains, I wanted to put out some information on the impact of flooding on soybean germination, as well as the impact on young plants. Young plants: The response of young soybean (early vegetative) to...

NASS survey: 2019 planted soybean acres expected to drop 5%

Growers intend to plant 84.6 million acres in 2019, down 5 percent from the 89.1 million acres planted last year, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service Prospective Plantings Report released March 29. Compared with last year, planted acreage...

2018 soybean acres expected about the same as 2017, says USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates growers nationwide plan to plant about 89 million acres of soybeans in 2018, down 1 percent from 2017, according to its Planting Intentions Report released March 29. This compares to estimated planted corn acres...

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