West of Mpls MN about 50 miles on Hwy 12 | We experimented a lot with dicamba back in the 80's on soybeans . Sometimes you get a yield bump, usually you don't.
Timing and environmental conditions are key. We were thinking it was all about getting the dicamba on at the correct time, and rate...it's not. The weather, planets, and stars all have to line up just right to consistently see a yield increase instead of a yield decrease.
It's totally luck if you see an increase. Around here most soybean fields will get a few areas of a little dicamba drift from the neighboring corn fields, it's almost impossible to avoid it seems. Those spots will usually see a yield variation of +2 to -2 bushels/acre. |
Anyone know of anyone purposely spraying soybeans with 24d or dicamba?
