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Minnesota weather extremes having unique impact on soybeans

Weather extremes are having a unique effect on soybeans in Minnesota.

University of Minnesota Extension soybean agronomist Seth Naeve says a very wet and cool spring gave way to extended dryness throughout June.

“We just have very different symptomology and stuff going on in the fields than we normally see because it is quite unusual to have a June where we have so little rain.”

He tells Brownfield one of the oddest results is iron deficiency chlorosis expanding to areas where it’s rarely seen.

“South-central Minnesota and kind of the line between where we normally have Ph levels, so some areas that might have more white mold than they would have in a normal year than IDC. So they’re seeing IDC this year.”

Naeve says farmers are also seeing complications from nutrient deficiencies and post-herbicide applications.