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Farmers In Some Areas Re-Planting Soybeans Due To Weather Issues

June 08, 2022 Steve Schwaller

(Lakefield, Mn.)– The ongoing cool, wet, spring is causing headaches for farmers. Jim Nesseth of Extended Ag Services in Lakefield tells KUOO news a lot of producers in southwest Minnesota are re-planting soybeans due to hail and emergence issues due to abnormally cool conditions…

“A lot of beans have got some real low populations. We’ve got some down in the 30’s and 40’s and some a little bit worse than that that we’ve already had re-planted, but then there’s some that are kind of in that 75, 80, 90,000 and we feel that’s probably going to be good enough and we’re hopeful that a few more of those seeds that have been in the ground for quite awhile are still going to emerge. A lot of it’s just because of the function of soil temperature and so there’s been some crusting and so it’s been a real challenge for producers as far as being comfortable with the stand that they have out there on the soybeans.”

Nesseth adds deciding on whether or not to re-plant can be very difficult…

“You’ve got to determine how many cut-offs you’ve got; what plants are probably damaged, and as long as the growing point is still intact, you know, the auxiliary bud is there. We are seeing some re-growth in some of them, but it’s really hard for producers to look at them. They are concerned that you’ve got enough plants and so we like to have somewhere in that 75, 80, 90,000 as a minimum. We’ve had some cases in the past, Steve, where we had some lower populations than that that have yielded quite nicely in the fall and probably weren’t much below the average yield. There’s a yield penalty now if you’re going to totally tear things up and plant because of the planting date, although we haven’t really burned up a lot of growing degree days yet so far, we’re below average on that, but it’s kind of a tough call.”

Nesseth adds there’s still a potential for really good yields for those who do re-plant using an earlier maturing hybrid.

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