C.O.R.N. Newsletter

Planting date.  Planting date (both too early and too late) can reduce soybean yield potential.  In 2013 and 2014, we conducted a planting date trial at the Western Agricultural Research Station near South Charleston, Ohio.  In both years, soybean yield decreased by 0.6 bu/ac per day when planting after mid-May.  The greatest benefit of planting May 1 to mid-May is canopy closure which increases light interception, improves weed control by shading out weeds, and helps retain soil moisture. 

There are a bunch of residual herbicide premixes available now for use in soybeans.  Most of these are listed in the 2015 edition of the Weed Control Guide, but it seems like there’s always one or two that we don’t know about.  Many new premixes are essentially generic versions of products that had already been available.  Example – Boundary, Ledger, and Tailwind are premixes of metribuzin and metolachlor from different companies that are essentially identical in formulation and label.  Once there are more than a couple of trade names for the same herbicide or herbicide premix, we usually l

There are recommended targets for percent grain moisture and grain temperature for winter grain bin storage.  Those recommended targets are listed in the following tables (Tables 1. and 2.).

Table 1. Recommended grain moisture content for safe storage.*

Moisture Content % Wet Basis**

Storage Period

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