Live in Forsyth, Missouri Farm in N, MO | Trying to figure out what population to plant this year. Here is some background info. About 30 acres no till and 30 acres conventional till. Using 30" rows with JD 7000 and Kinze brush meters with keeton firmers. Only planted soybeans for 3 years now and have always used the JD cups; THis is first year for Kinze meters, usually plant about 140000 per acre. Everything i have read says i need about 100000 plants per acre emergence for a good stand. It seems like in the past my beans have been to thick and without actually doing a count it would seem like every seed planted in the ground came up. With only a few acres, i usually have planting done pretty early (May 8th last year). I realize it may take a year or two to figure out exactly what population, but where should i start, or should i stay with 140,000 and assume the cups dropped way to many seeds. Planting on gently rolling hills in NW missouri.
Also had a ittle frogeye last year, what would be a good variety to prevent this? (seems hard to get much help from seed dealers when you only plant a few acres). |
Soybean Population ?
