Remember that soybean yields are best estimated only three weeks prior to harvest. Calculate the average of these counts. Next, count the number of pods per plant on ten, randomly selected plants from each sample area. Calculate the average. Now, calculate the pods per acre by multiplying plant population by pods per plant.
Some sources anticipate the situation has reduced yield potentials and stressed livestock.
This kind of scenario near the end of August, now has some local producers concerned about the prospects of dryland wheat seeding which begins next month. Weather service sources suggest there is plenty of time available for improved rainfall to arrive before winter wheat prospects are dimmed. At this time, crop watchers suggest the first few weeks of winter wheat planting will be slower than usual in the drier areas, and seed germination may be slow and uneven at first because of continued dry and warm weather. Weather service sources indicate Monday rains in Argentina, more specifically Buenos Aires and southern Entre Rios, were considered highly beneficial for the winter wheat crop, although some of the heaviest amounts of rain fell in more minor growing areas. Crop watchers suggest subsoil moisture remains largely adequate for winter wheat, but topsoil moisture was short in most of Buenos Aires and La Pampa and Cordoba.