OT soybean crop for 2012

I was out looking at my soybeans today to see how well they are doing in this drought situation. Well, since I have had .75 rain fall in the last 3 days and just under 1" in the 10 days or so prior to that, I feel that at least there is hope there is going to be a bean crop this Fall. Most pods are 3 bean pods and quite a few pods on the stalks too. I did not count any pod qauntities. How are some of you doing with your bean crop? I am in Southern Minnesota. Thanks everyone.
Kow Farmer

I'm in NW Iowa about 35 miles south of Spencer and my conditions are about the same as yours. We got .50 fri night and about the same as you a week ago. I don't think the beans will be all that bad if the temp stays down and we get another shot of rain in August. Jim

My soybean crop is looking very good. It could be the best I have every had. I got them planted earlier this year, May 9 th. Plus I have had rain enough to keep them going. I just got 2 1/2 inches yesterday. The sale barn is just 2 miles away and he said he got 3 1/4 in his gauge.

I just took this picture just an hour ago. We hauled some steers to the sale barn and stopped at the end of one field. This is a new verity for me to grow and so far they are tremendous. We counted several plants out in the field and they had and average of 65 pods. These are planted on 36 inch row but I check plant them. So the row all cross each other. It really cuts down on any erosion.

That is my best friend in the picture. We get into all kinds of trouble. LOL He lost his wife a few years ago. She would always tell us we had to bail ourselves out of any trouble we got into. She was not going to help.

My beans are up like JDseller, but I drill my beans 6in they have about 50 pods. We are doing alot of spraying for spider mites here north of Oshkosh.Jim

Down here in se wi beans and corn looking very good,are heavy clay soil has helped us along.we did get rains here the past week so that has helped.yes the spider mites have taken over,and they can,t keep up with the spraying.

Looked kinda poor early on.

Over 1/2 my bens were planted very late, after the tiling project, so have had very little rain - but obviously on low ground....

They have come on now and sure are growing tall.

Not sure I see so many pods on them, but they are coming on, can still do average ok.

Had a hickup on the herbicide, one of 3 tanks of Liberty did _not_ work, gotta go do sometihng with that mess. My fault somehow, same jugs of Liberty, just didn't work. Odd. Don't look too far into the field when you drive by, Kow....

I'm only a couple miles from Kow.

--->Paul

Hi Paul,
I too am having late season weed pressure. Beans looked great for a month after the initial spraying, but now it is a whole different story. It is frustrating. Hopefully we get a good killing frost by harvest time.
Kow Farmer

Beans are almost gone here..Only 1.25" of rain in past 46 days and its been over 100 degrees for over half of them....It was 108 here Saturday with a wind...Some trees are starting to die..

Everyone is feeding hay..At least the corn is running from 30-80 bpa..Some has dried down to 5% before people could get to it..

Well theses took 2 weeks to all come up only because we got a 1/4inch of rain 10 days after they were planted, Then nothing for 3 weeks. Looked bad for a while till they got roots deep enough to get to moisture and took off. This ground holds moisture and will hold it if its shaded. Dad is very happy with theses beans this year, There still blooming and making pods. We are still 7 inches behind on rain and we still have hope for them. Last year the same field got about 24 inches tall and made 23 bu an acre dew to the lack of rain and being in 30 inch rows, This year there in 20 inch rows and they seam to be making there own moisture, Who knows? I am 35 miles dew East of Cincinnati Oh in Blanchester Oh and plenty of rain went twords Dayton Oh (to the north) or South down by the Ohio River and into KY, Its like the city turns it north or south of us when it comes up the Ohio River from the south west, Its gets turned away from us when it comes from the North West when it hits the steel plant in Middletown Oh and turns the wheather dew East and misses us. Strange place to be, Who knows what causes it? I am glad to be getting what rain we have been getting and hope we keep getting some for this crop this year. Bandit

People say I am nuts but I think the river has alot to do with the rain here. Every summer there are several good rain storms come across IL that look on radar like they are come'n right for me and when they hit the river they fall apart or change direction and go into IN.

Alot of the beans here started bloom'n when we got a little shot of rain first of July and then tried to fill out the last two weeks of July when it was in the uppper 90s and dry for two weeks. Mine were a little later than most and all in a creek bottom, they started bloom'n the last week of July at about waist high. We have had two inches of rain the last week. They have made a few pods and even started bloom'n again since the rain and they are call'n for lower 80s latter in the week. If I get a few more little showers and not much more 100 temps I should have a fair crop,,,,,,I hope cause the corn is not going to make any thing.

Dave