A soybean specialist says there are management practices that might add yield to late-planted soybeans. Bill Wiebold at the University of Missouri tells Brownfield soybeans planted the third week in June have likely lost a quarter of their potential yield, depending on what happens in August. “Obviously it’s hard to predict that,” Wiebold told Brownfield Ag News Friday. “If we have a reasonable August with some moisture and not so hot, then we get pretty good yields.” The limiting factor is that late-planted soybeans have less opportunity to capture sunlight, said Wiebold.
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