Early seeded soybeans have run into some headwinds this year, according to a Manitoba Agriculture pulse specialist.
Dennis Lange noted that soybean fields seeded three to four days before May’s spate of rain showed slower emergence and have reduced plant stands during a recent Crop Talk webinar hosted by Manitoba Agriculture.
Many farmers were seeing plant counts of 50,000 to 60,000 plants per acre three weeks after planting, Lange told listeners, well below the ideal range of 140,000 to 260,000.
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There has been some recovery. Lange noted that, four and a half weeks post-seeding, later emergence had bumped counts up to 100,000 to 130,000 plants per acre in his own fields.
“Most growers decided not to reseed, based on the way things were coming through,” he said.
Manitoba Agriculture reported in its June 17 provincial crop update that the most advanced soybeans in the province have hit the third trifoliate. Some fields were dealing with iron deficiency chlorosis.
