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Arkansas Soybean Harvest Update
November 18, 2009
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Audio/Video Script:
Two weeks of
much-needed dry weather has allowed much of this year’s soybean crop to be
harvested as of November thirteenth. Prices for soybean remain fair at more than
nine dollars a bushel, but many producers are being docked by at least a dollar
per bushel at elevators due to poor quality beans.
According to a report from the
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, losses to farmers as of November
thirteenth were more than 309 (m) dollars. Of that amount, 127.1 million has
been lost to soybean growers due to decreased yield, quality, and additional
fieldwork costs. Division of Agriculture economists were expecting the loss
estimate to climb through the end of the harvest. The report estimated that as
of November thirteenth, eighty-two percent of Arkansas soybean have been
harvested.
Soybean fields with later
maturity Group Five soybean varieties have resisted flooding and fungus better
than early maturity varieties. Record
rains have caused split pods and in-pod germination in some of the earlier
maturing varieties. Some seed varieties may have reduced vigor for next year and
the Arkansas State Plant Board and the Division of Agriculture will release seed
vigor results this fall.
Your Arkansas Soybean Podcast is a production of the University of Arkansas
Division of Agriculture and was funded in part by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion
Board. For more information on soybean farming in Arkansas contact your local
county Extension Office.
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