Soybeans 2011

June 9, 2011Rainfall since seeding: 1 mm (0.04")
GDD: 23
Cumulative Corn Heat Units (CHU): 38
Seeded June 6th with a Bourgault airseeder using 1 3/4" hoe openers on 8" centers. The variety is 29002, treated with Apex Pro, Cruiser Maxx for Beans, 4 # TagTeam for Soybeans, and 6 # of Soil Implant+. We targetted 220,000 seeds per acre. It is Fridge Winter Triticale stubble, and in 2008 it was InVigor canola.

June 16, 2011Rainfall since seeding: 21 mm (0.8")
GDD: 106
Cumulative Corn Heat Units (CHU): 177
Soybeans are just pushing through. Field seeded a week earlier is going into V1. Let's say that moisture is not limiting so far.

June 19, 2011Field at Kyle, SK (10-22-17-W3) seeded June 9th on baled durum stubble.

June 22, 2011Rainfall since seeding: 65.5 mm (2.6")
GDD: 177
Cumulative Corn Heat Units (CHU): 296

June 29, 2011Rainfall since seeding: 80 mm (3.15")
GDD: 264
Cumulative Corn Heat Units (CHU): 439

July 6, 2011Rainfall since seeding: 83 mm (3.27")
GDD: 358
Cumulative Corn Heat Units (CHU): 583
Starting V3. Nodules appearing.

July 7, 2011Good progress in Kyle, SK

July 13, 2011Rainfall since seeding: 85.5mm (3.37"
GDD: 469
Cumulative Corn Heat Units (CHU): 762
Quite humid.

July 20, 2011Rainfall since seeding: 86.5 mm 3.41"
GDD: 594
Cumulative Corn Heat Units (CHU): 948
Needs another shot of RoundUp, between the heat and wind! Well into R2. Fields seeded a week earlier are much taller and should start podding soon.

August 13, 2011Rainfall since seeding: 155 mm or 6.1"
GDD: 918
Cumulative Corn Heat Units (CHU): 1461
Haven't forgotten completely about pictures. Plants are progressing nicely. These are the shortest on the farm. Earlier seeded beans are around 80 to 90 cm high.Pods forming on the top nodes

August 18, 2011Rainfall since seeding: 184.5 mm 7.26"
GDD: 988
Cumulative Corn Heat Units (CHU): 1573

August 27, 2011Rainfall since seeding: 185.5 mm (7.3")
GDD: 1079
Cumulative Corn Heat Units (CHU): 1714
Been harvesting Fridge Winter Triticale and canola for the last couple days. Beans fill pods nicely. Average parts of the field are pushing 32" tall.

August 31, 2011Rainfall since seeding: 185.5 mm or 7.3"
GDD: 1079
Cumulative Corn Heat Units (CHU): 1714
I'm on time this week! Closing in on R6 (beans filling cavity in top 4 pods). 15 to 20 pods per plant, with close to 3 beans per pod, 4 plants per square foot. Very excited to see what it will yield.

August 31, 2011Nice pod clearance with the 29002

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We now grow seed soybeans, spring and winter triticale, perennial ryegrass, and sainfoin, have short term alfalfa in rotation, and grow cover crops and grazing corn.