An extension soybean agronomist says September will “make or
break” soybeans this year.
Purdue University’s Shaun Casteel says August would typically
be the most important month for soybean growth, but that’s not the case this year.
“We’re just now getting into pod setting period in R3-R4 and so we have a lot of development left to do,” he says. “When I say September is going to make or break it, it’s about those pods that we’re developing now that hopefully retain through August and start to fill out.”
He tells Brownfield that soybeans need warm and sunny
conditions in the coming weeks.
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