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October 21, 2009 |
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As wet weather delays the harvest over much of southern Minnesota, University of Minnesota Extension crops experts encourage soybean growers to combine as early as possible to prevent yield losses due splitting, lodging or poor threshing of the plant. However, they caution, if soybeans are harvested at greater than 13 percent moisture, artificial drying is necessary.
Growers should manage their options for storing higher-moisture soybeans according to the following recommendations, says Extension agronomist Seth Naeve: To read the rest of this article - pick up a copy of the Murray County News or you can read it on line - subscriptions to The Murray County News are available online. Click on the free demo and it will give you instructions on how to subscribe for the online edition. |
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