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this years bean harvest

how are peoples soybeans looking any funguses or bug problems?

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Permalink Reply by Roadrunner on September 1, 2009 at 1:54pm
With all the rain it seems like lots of fields have weed escapes.

We need more heat and no early frost!!!!!!!!!

Roadrunner

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Permalink Reply by Peter Gredig on September 3, 2009 at 7:36am
Aphid #'s are on the rise in soys, but most fields are at R5 or R6 which means it's too late to spray. Never seen corn this tall - the old saying is the later you plant, the taller the corn, and in some fields that appears to be true. Primary cob is set 5.5 feet off the ground!! I think there is a decent crop of soys and corn out there, but we are vulnerable to running out of heat units before physiological maturity. Propane/natural gas sellers will do alright this fall - the corn dryers will be running hard.

I'm hearing that edible bean crops are full of mold/anthracnose. Can anyone verify that?

AgWag
Permalink Reply by Wayne Black on September 4, 2009 at 3:53am
We had our soybeans sprayed for Aphids last month the week of the tornado through Durham. We only had 3/4 inch yet 4 km west one farmer who did not spray had 2 to 3 inches of rain - blasted those bugs! I still had more Aphids than he did a few days later.
First time spraying for aphids. Never seen them so thick - should have taken some photos!
Location - north west Huron County.

Wayne
Permalink Reply by James Ferrier on September 4, 2009 at 9:16am
A fair bit of white mold on our white and black beans. I could see there beeing as much as 40 % crop loss in a few fields but thats not saying alot since the crop looked like it could have doubled last year's earlier on.

Peter Gredig said:
Aphid #'s are on the rise in soys, but most fields are at R5 or R6 which means it's too late to spray. Never seen corn this tall - the old saying is the later you plant, the taller the corn, and in some fields that appears to be true. Primary cob is set 5.5 feet off the ground!! I think there is a decent crop of soys and corn out there, but we are vulnerable to running out of heat units before physiological maturity. Propane/natural gas sellers will do alright this fall - the corn dryers will be running hard.

I'm hearing that edible bean crops are full of mold/anthracnose. Can anyone verify that?

AgWag
Permalink Reply by Joe Dales on September 6, 2009 at 4:09am
Just back from a nice midwest us crop tour through Illinois, Indiana and Michigan....here is a field near the Decatur, IL Farm Progress show...local farmers there say the crop is 3-4 weeks behind but it is looking good.

Permalink Reply by John Beardsley on September 10, 2009 at 11:53am
soys ..a lot of aphid spraying all neccessary????

wb cruiser did a mint job some had to still spray once late for leaf hopper
white mold rampant...should have sprayed 2x????
Permalink Reply by OntAG Admin on September 13, 2009 at 6:18am
The Farms.com Yield Data Centre is ready for Soybean and Corn Test plot Data.

http://www.yielddata.farms.com

We will be entering data once the plots are off.

If you have field level yields, report them here with your location and the varieties.

Thanks,

OntAg Farms.com team

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