(KNSI) – Corn and soybean growers are facing a narrow window to get seeds in the ground. University of Minnesota Extension Educator Nathan Drewitz says that if planting is pushed to June you begin to see a drop in expected yield, about 1-2% per day. Frost becomes a threat and cooler fall weather hampers efforts to do a proper drydown.
Drewitz says grains are in, but corn and soybeans require more prep work. “We typically like to wait until you can actually get in the field. We have manure to haul and we also have tillage operations. When you add that up basically we didn’t get a fast enough warm-up to be able to get out there and do that before we got all this rain,” he says.
If late planting must occur, there is some flexibility to switch to faster-maturing varieties. Drewitz says, “That’s what is going to be our first maneuver is to go to those early maturing beans and corns. It will be a scramble to find seed.”
There is a chance for showers mid-week, and thunderstorms are possible on Thursday afternoon.
___
Copyright 2022 Leighton Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be broadcast, published, redistributed, or rewritten, in any way without consent.
FOLLOW US FOR INSTANT UPDATES!
FOLLOW US FOR INSTANT UPDATES!