Asgrow/DEKALB Agronomist Dave Colbert says low quality soybeans are an industry-wide concern this growing season.
“Really every manufacturer out there is having some challenges on soybean seed quality,” he says. “It really came from frogeye leaf spot, purple seed stain, and we also had some seed coat issues.”
He tells Brownfield growers should
consider a fungicide seed treatment.
“When you use a seed treatment you help those beans that might struggle a little bit and you get another 3,000 to 4,000 of those to make it into the good category,” he says.
Continue reading Soybean seed quality concerns for 2019 at Brownfield Ag News.
