Welcome to our 2010 Soybean Producer’s Corner. In here you will find timely articles on soybean production as it pertains to southern Alberta/Saskatchewan. Also, like last year, we are posting pictures of our soybean fields every few weeks so you can track the progress of our soybeans and compare them to your crop. We will also be doing various trials throughout the season, which we hope to keep up to date here for everyone’s learning benefit. Comments are welcome, and if there is some way we can make this website better, we want to know!

Field # 1 NE-10-17-13-W4- Conventional Tillage

• Variety- LS0065RR
• Seeding Date- May 18, 2010
• Seeding Depth- 1-2”
• Moisture- Good to Excellent at seeding depth
• Soil Temp: 14c
• Seed was treated with Cruiser Maxx Beans and Apex Pro liquid inoculants prior to seeding
• Seeding rate- (field split in half)
• Solid seeded(7” rows)- 65 lbs/acre = 220,000 plants/acre
• Blocked runs (14” rows)- 58 lb/acre = 190,000 plants/acre
• Soil Implant granular inoculants were seed placed at a rate of 8 lb/acre
• Previous crops- 2009-CDC Baler Forage Oats, 2008- Taurus Flax
• Seeded with John Deere 9450 hoe drills  w/GEN openers on 7” spacing, except half the field was seeded with every second run blocked to achieve 14” row spacing
• Fertilizer- Alpine low-salt 6-22-4 placed in-furrow @ 5 gal/ acre

Field # 2 SE-10-17-13-W4- Zero-Tillage

• Variety- LS0065RR
• Seeding Date- May 19, 2010
• Seeding Depth- 1-2”
• Moisture- Good to Excellent at seeding depth
• Soil Temp: 15c
• Seed was treated with Cruiser Maxx Beans and Apex Pro liquid inoculants prior to seeding
• Seeding rate- 65 lb/acre = 220,000 plants/ acre
• Soil Implant granular inoculants were seed placed at a rate of 8 lb/acre
• Previous crops- 2009- LS0065RR Soybeans; 2008 Semi-dwarf barley
• Direct seeded with John Deere 9450 hoe drills  w/GEN openers on 7” spacing
• Fertilizer- Alpine low-salt 6-22-4 placed in-furrow @ 5 gal/ acre

Field # 3 SW-15-16-13-W4- Zero-Tillage

• Variety- LS0065RR
• Seeding Date- May 20, 2010
• Seeding Depth- 1-2”
• Moisture- Fair to good at seeding depth
• Soil Temp: 14c
• Seed was treated with Cruiser Maxx Beans and Apex Pro liquid inoculants prior to seeding
• Seeding rate- 65 lb/acre = 220,000 plants/ acre
• Soil Implant granular inoculants were seed placed at a rate of 8 lb/acre
• Previous crops- 2009- Sundre barley; 2008 Sundre barley
• Seeded with John Deere 9450 hoe drills  w/GEN openers on 7” spacing
• Fertilizer- Alpine low-salt 6-22-4 placed in-furrow @ 5 gal/ acre