New soybean would bring flexibility

AAES agronomist David Weaver at Auburn is working with scientists at Clemson to devleop a soybean that would give growers more planting-date flexibility and higher yields.

The optimal time to plant soybeans is early May to mid-June but many producers double-crop beans with wheat and can't plant their soybenns till they've harvested their wheat--often after that planting window has closed.

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