The hot weather and high winds of the last few days, may have caused some heat cancer on emerging small grains. Heat cancer sounds worse than it is and plants will almost always recover fully without adverse affects on yield. Basically the tissue at the soil surface got 'cooked' and as a result a little yellow band will develop on the young tender leaves. This band will move away from the surface as the leaf emerges and grows in subsequent days. Multiple bands on a single leaf are an indication that conditions were favorable for heat cancer for several days.
Soybeans are sensitive to alkaline, poorly drained soils.
No soybean varieties are as resistant to iron chlorosis as crops like barley, but there are differences among soybean varieties. With the support of the North Dakota Soybean Council, Goos has been screening varieties for resistance to iron chlorosis. The 1999 payment level placed North Dakota sixth among all states in per capita federal expenditures, according to the latest Population Bulletin released from theState Data Center at North Dakota State University.