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Drought-Beater Soybeans
2013-02-21 21:39:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Late rains and few pests pushed soybeans past corn yields. While the drought ravaged many Midwestern corn fields in 2012, soybeans in many of those same areas broke yield records. Field averages of 70, 80 and 90 bu. with spikes well above that were reported throughout the upper Midwest. Extension crop specialists contacted by Corn & Soybean Digest credit the ever-resilient soybean's response to late-season rains. And to the role the hot dry weather played in reducing insect and disease pressure. read more
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