Soybean planting in Manitoba is now well over the halfway mark.
Kristen Podolsky, production specialist with Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG), says progress is close to 60 per cent.
She says if soybeans were planted in early May, producers should be out assessing the crop this week.
"Because of the cold soil temperatures that they were planted into, it's taken upwards of three weeks for some of those crops to come out of the ground and some are still just poking through," said Podolsky. "So it's really important that every field is assessed to ensure that we have a good plant stand. Even if soybean plant stands are reduced slightly, even at 80 to 120 plants per acre we can see anywhere from 84 to 95 per cent of yield."
Source : SteinbachOnline