• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Millsview Ag Services

Millsview Ag Services

  • Agronomy Corner
  • Contact Greg

June 22 Soybean Update

viadmin / June 23, 2023

This soybean update focuses on beans planted in the April 12 – 18 time frame.  As we continue with this current dry stretch of weather, I am very pleased at the condition of the early planted soybeans as they continue to develop.

After a rocky start that included frost, PPO damage, heavy rains and in some instances HPPD herbicide carry over, these beans are moving along nicely. We noticed plants starting to bloom on May 28th this year which is exactly what we want to see on these April beans. The first week of June showed many of these early planted fields in bloom. At some point, and with some cooperation from the weather, this extended period of blooming in R1 and R2 is what we are looking for to give us high yielding soybeans.

As we move forward in this growing season, let’s remember that this soybean crop has a wide window to develop into really good yields. Although the drought conditions are foremost on everyone’s minds, in season management plans should be in place and ready to be applied in a timely fashion if we have a growing crop to protect – (more to come on that later with recommendations).

Below are some examples that were pulled June 22 showing some different characteristics.

April 12th planting on Channel 3322. *Note early pod development on the lower node.
April 12th planting Channel 3823, note the deformation just down from the base of the plant. This was a field that received frost damage during emergence.
Another example of this plant growing out of frost damage.
Tap Roots driving deep are what we want to see for nutrient and moisture uptake. Root modulation was more present 2 weeks ago than it is now, and we suspect that is due to the dryer conditions.

Filed Under: Agronomy Corner

It’s Time for A Proven Plan to Produce More!

Contact Greg

Footer

  • Contact Greg
Back to Top

Copyright © 2025 Millsview Ag Services. All Rights Reserved. Site Map Privacy Policy Developed by Vivid ImageLog in