Evaluating the 2007 soybean crop
February 02, 2016
By: David A. Flass
Ohio State University Extension agronomi
The 2007 soybean growing season was, to say the least, both different and the same as other years. There was drought in some areas and flooding in others; yield disasters and new record highs; serious insect problems and no insects; severe disease and little disease all depending on which times in the growing season you were taking notes and on your location in the state.
There was a lot of soybean greenstem that made harvest troublesome and generated lots of questions, but there was less late-season disease than normal. The 2007 season may set a new yield record, or at least come very close to the 2004 and 2006 record of 47 bushels per acre.
The crop was planted in a timely manner and into moist soil, which resulted in an early start with good stands. The dry weather in late-May through much of July caused plants to produce large root systems. But it reduced top growth, which is the usual reaction to early-season drought.
