Crusting Pressure Seen

Volatile weather has left many North Dakota soybean fields a bit behind in development. NDSU Extension Soil Health Specialist Chandler Gruener says it’s been a rollercoaster ride in the northern part of the state. The area went from very dry conditions to a week of heavy rains. “Some people got planted, but their soybeans really weren’t growing or producing or moving up, then, we got all of the rain and cool temperatures.” There are areas where farmers were in the middle of planting when the big rains and had to finish planting at a later date. “So people have a little bit of a mix going on.” This has led to crusting in many fields. “Some people are using rollers to kind of push across the ground to kind of push the soybeans, kind of break that soil up to help alleviate that crusting pressure.”