Ohio State University researchers are studying planting dates for corn and soybeans in side-by-side trials.
Soybean Agronomist Laura Lindsey tells Brownfield three locations across the state tracked crop progress for last year’s ‘Battle for the Belt’ project.
“We have corn and soybeans planted the exact same dates, under the exact same conditions, exact same soil types for five dates going from mid-April last year into about mid-June,” she explains. “And, so far the results are what you would expect from an agronomist and it depends.”
For example, she says western Ohio conditions varied from very wet to very dry during the growing season last year which gave early planted soybeans a yield advantage, but planting corn in June had the best result for that crop.
