HIGH YIELDS SEEN THIS YEAR DESPITE SOME EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SOYBEAN YIELDS REACH NEW LEVELS
Nelson Crow added his name to the top of the list this year with his record breaking soybean crop. He grew 100.78 bushels per acre. While waiting to find out if he would beat the record, Crow said, “We were wide-eyed, waiting, fidgeting. It was almost like waiting for a child to be born.”
Learn more about this farmer’s soybean success this year in the Delta Farm Press article, “100-bushel soybean barrier broken by Arkansan Nelson Crow.” Crow attributes his success to “precise management, great growing season weather and Pioneer 93Y92, a 3.9.”
CORN CONDITIONS LOOK ABOVE AVERAGE EVEN THOUGH HARVEST DATES ARE PUSHED BACK
According to USDA statistics, 48 percent of corn is rated either good or excellent, which is up from 24 percent seen last year. While flooding may have taken a toll on some farmers’ corn fields this year, the overall impression indicates that yield levels will be much higher than last year.
COTTON NEEDS CONTINUED WARM WEATHER FOR BEST YIELDS
“The cotton crop in many areas of the Mid-South started off 2-4 weeks behind schedule due to the cold, wet weather,” according to Darrin Dodds, associate extension professor and cotton specialist, from Mississippi State University.
Fortunately September’s warm weather has helped mature this crop. He added, “We need continued warm weather and minimal rainfall through the fall pin order to get this crop out of the field with the best possible yields and minimal quality losses.”
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