Cold soil conditions created challenges for crops planted early near Wimbledon, North Dakota. Matt Peterson, who leads Aligned Ag, said some of the corn planted around May 20th experienced cold germination issues, particularly with hybrids that are slower to emerge. The hybrids with stronger early-season emergence are showing an advantage. Soybeans also faced early-season stress. Some fields were planted in late April, but wet and cold soils reduced early vigor. “Normally, our earliest seeded soybeans are always our best soybeans by a big margin,” Peterson said. “We had quite a few beans go out in late April and they lost some early-season vigor because they were in cold, wet soil so it’ll be interesting to see how they turn out.” The corn in this plot had the highest yield projection at 217 bushels per acre. Watch the video interview.
