Early Soybean Crop Looks Great

Today, I received the June 13 Consultant Commentary that is published by the Mississippi Agricultural Consultant’s Association. Below are a few comments worth noting from the indicated consultants.

Tim Sanders reports from the North Delta (Sarah) that “Soybeans are 1-2 trifoliates to R3.... Oldest beans look great.”

Dee Boykin reports from the South Delta (Yazoo City) that “Over 90% of our soybeans were planted in the month of April and some will be at R4 this week. We’ve struggled to keep the pigweed under control in a few locations, but the early start helped with this on most. The burndown and preplant herbicides did their jobs and the dicamba has proven to be another valuable tool. We’ve had some cotton acres switch to soybeans this month so we’ll have a few acres that will be late. Stink bugs, including Red Banded, are showing up in most fields. This will make these late-planted soybeans a challenge to protect.”

David Dubard reports from the North Delta (Cleveland) that the “Soybean crop looks fantastic–95% of my beans were planted in April. Insect and disease pressure low.”

John Clark Cook reports from East Mississippi that “Soybeans range from staying in the sack to R3. Can find RBSB in most older soybeans at low levels, but other than that no bug pressure.”

The above commentary indicates that the early planting of this year’s soybean crop has resulted in successful early-season weed control and late-season pest avoidance.

Hopefully, the remainder of the 2017 growing season will provide the necessary environment to carry this record early-planted soybean acreage to a successful conclusion.

Composed by Larry G. Heatherly, June 2017, larryheatherly@bellsouth.net