Soybeans Don't Like 'Wet Feet"

By Don Molino

Voice of Louisiana Agriculture Radio Network

Even though wet weather this spring and early summer played havoc with the Louisiana soybean crop, it’s now all planted.

LSU AgCenter Soybean Specialist Dr. David Mosely says the wet weather early was really a problem.

“Some areas have started irrigating. However, the biggest problem our producers have faced so far is heavy and continuous rain since the beginning (of the season.”

Heavy thunderstorms moved through southern Arkansas and north Louisiana June 10th and flooded quite a lot of acres.

“On the north end of Louisiana it’s been estimated about 9000 to 10,000 acres were flooded but some growers were able to replant. And in the south, in the sugarcane areas, they had continuous rain as well since the beginning of the season,” said Mosely.

“Those soybean crops are at about the R5 growth stage, so they’re progressing pretty well, but they continue to struggle with all the rainfall.”

(This report a service of the Louisiana Soybean, Grain Research and Promotion Board)