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A little bit of septoria is showing on the bottom leaves of the canopy, and there’s a little bit of sunburn on the top leaves as well as some bacterial blight. Sunburn is only appearing in the row crops. Yesterday … Continue reading →

The USC soybeans are growing rapidly, with most plants being at the V-6 stage. Flowering has begun, and a lot have already progressed into the R-2 stage. The site has received 152 mm of rain to date, with 996 CHU. The … Continue reading →

Plant stands look good, all plants are up and even though Portage has had a lot of rain (34mm 2 days ago), the USC was fairly dry. The first spray pass was done and there is minimal weed pressure. All the … Continue reading →

All 3 teams decided to spray their first pass of glyphosate. Weed density was moderate-high, with millet, dandelion, and volunteer canola (non-RR) being the main issues. All soybeans were at the unifoliate stage. Total rainfall to date is 69 mm … Continue reading →

Total rainfall to date is 55 mm and 222 CHUs.

Surface dried up but very good soil moisture. All treatments are emerging with no clear differences. It was expected that the shallower seeding depth would emerge sooner but soil depth appears deeper than anticipated in all treatments (see picture). Emergence … Continue reading →

Field saturated. Seeds germinated but no emergence yet.

The USC was seeded (soil temperature >15ºC). No rain was in the forecast so seeding depth was an important decision although there was soil moisture at about 1.5 inches. Team B and C used the same planter and decided to … Continue reading →

Soybeans are now at the unifoliate (VC) stage of development. Some areas have had rabbit feeding damage (see image); however, plants have the ability to continue growth from the axillary buds, producing double-stemmed soybean plants.

Soybeans are continuing to emerge in dry conditions through large soil clods. They are currently at the VE (cotyledon) stage of development. Shallow seeding of Team B and C plots has left some soybean seeds sitting on the soil surface … Continue reading →

Soybeans seeded on May 24th have germinated. Differences in germination sparked the question: Does seeding depth influence the speed of germination under drier soil moisture conditions? The hypocotyl length was greater for soybeans seeded slightly deeper in Team A plots … Continue reading →

All Ultimate Soybean Challenge plots were seeded on May 24, 2017! Soybeans were seeded on the shallow side with the expectation of rain immediately after seeding. Seeding conditions were good despite the windy weather.