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Tips help with early soybean planting

Mar 2, 2024
Mar 2, 2024

Planting Date and Yield — Yield potential response to planting dates for corn and soybean in Iowa.
Graphic courtesy Iowa State University

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Editor’s note: The following was written by Mark Licht, Iowa State University associate professor and Extension cropping systems specialist, for the Integrated Crop Management blog Feb. 15.

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