With the corn harvest past the halfway mark in most southern Indiana counties, many growers are starting on their soybeans. Darren Goebel, field agronomist with DuPont Pioneer, says soybean yields are holding up well despite the worst drought in decades, “We have a lot of our soybean fields averaging around 50 to 60 bpa.” He says the soybeans were able to handle the drought and heat stress of this summer better than other crops.
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