Don't panic: Selecting Soybean Varieties In A Year With Fewer Choices Concerned about your 2008 soybean seed supply? Does this sound familiar? I can’t get enough seed in the maturity-group range I normally plant – what do I do? How do I compensate for lesser-quality seed? How do I stretch the best seed I can find? How early can I start planting, knowing I may not be able to find decent seed for replanting if a freeze hits? If you're worried, Larry Heatherly – one of the South's leading soybean researchers – has a simple message in this 21-page white paper: “Don’t panic.” Here's what you get: 6,000 words with tips on alternate variety selection, how best to avoid frost and freeze damage – critical info in a season with short seed supplies. Ideas for stretching your best seed across as many acres as possible. 3 key tables for a quick look at seeding rates and seed treatment options, plus a frost/freeze date guide for 38 locations in the Delta, the Southeast and the Southwest. 38 quick internet links – found on a private web page. Need background info on obscure varieties grown in other states? You’ll find links to performance data from 15 states in the Midsouth, Southeast, Southwest and Midwest. Plus, links to historic weather data and seed treatment labels. An on-line seeding rate calculator link. Customize your seed spacing according to row widths, germination rate, seed size, acreage, desired plant population and other variables. Run it, and you’ll know how to set your planter or drill and see how far you can stretch your seed inventory. Run the calculator from your office computer or use your web-enabled smart phone to access it from the field. Updated maturity-group maps. Find out how researchers have rethought – and redrawn – Southern maturity group zones. Plus, discussions on doublecrop seed decisions, seed quality and seed treatments. This is the most in-depth look at the subject that you’ll likely find as the planting season gets underway – all for $39.95. To order your copy, click here. It will be delivered instantly via a PDF file link. Save it to your hard drive or print out a copy as a handy field reference. (You’ll be directed to the download link and also will receive an email that includes the link.) In the report, you’ll find the URL for Heatherly’s list of key links to variety trials, historic weather data and – best of all – the soybean seed calculator. You won’t have to burn up hours on search engine screens. Just load up this one handy page and click away. This is what agricultural information should be – in-depth knowledge on a critical topic exactly when you need it. You’ll put this report to work immediately.
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