Author: Chad Lee
Planning Unit: Plant and Soil Sciences
Major Program: Grain Crops
Outcome: Initial Outcome
A farmer in Breckinridge County reported poor stands of soybeans in the spring of 2019. Carol Hinton, County ANR Extension Agent, and I visited the fields. The farmer knew how to take stand counts and we confirmed his estimates. We observed some slug damage on soybeans, and stand losses from slugs. The heavy rains had made planting soybeans difficult and heavy rains made walking the fields a challenge as well. We identified one field that did not need to be replanted. We identified another field that did need to be replanted. The farmer said at that point that he could make a determination on other fields and thanked us for our time. A second farmer attended our field visits and said he coudl do the same with his fields. Outcomes: The farmer gained confidence in identifying which fields need replanting and which do not. The farmer learned what soybean plants from slug damage would survive and not have expected yield loss. Replanting would cost about $40 per acre. Identifying what fields NOT to plant would save a farmer $20,000 on 500 acres. Replanting where necessary would gain a farmer $10,000 to $20,000 on 500 acres.
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