Crusting Influenced Soybean Emergence

Volatile spring weather left some soybean fields with emergence issues like crusting. “This winter we did not have as much snow cover as we used to,” said NDSU Extension Agronomist Ana Carcedo. “Thankfully, we got some moisture after, but then it cooled off, it warmed up, it cooled off, it warmed up, and after that we had heavy rains that led to having some areas of the state with some flooding and emergence problems that actually led to fields being replanted.”