FIELD CROPS

Soybean Harvest Considerations
Variable Maturity
Variable soil types, knolls, and drought have left some growers with extreme in-field variability of soybean maturity. There are areas in fields where the soybean seed is 13% or less moisture adjacent to areas with green seed. The prevailing question is “When should the grower harvest?” Obviously there is no simple answer, as each field is different. However here are a set of guidelines to consider:..
Shatter Causes 
..."Preharvest shatter is an issue here with early-maturing beans – the ones that were already at R7 before it rained a lot the first days of September. Those would not have added any more weight to speak of, but they might have swelled with the rain. Dew has been heavy the last week or so as well, and rewetting and drying has occurred on a daily cycle....


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