Soybean maturity varies widely in Wisconsin

Soybean maturity varies widely in Wisconsin

A University of Wisconsin soybean specialist says throughout the state, crops are struggling to mature. Shawn Conley tells Brownfield, “If you go from the northern part of Wisconsin up around Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Spooner, all the way to southern Wisconsin, it’s a pretty similar tale. It would be at least two weeks from today when we can get out there and start cutting some of these beans.”

Conley says the wet year and late start was bad, but as the days get shorter and the nights get cooler, farmers are dealing with widely varying levels of maturity in their fields.

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