LAKE ARTHUR, La. -- LSU AgCenter scientists say good moisture and light pest pressure could make this year's soybean crop a record-breaker.
AgCenter soybean specialist Ron Levy tells The News-Star (http://tnsne.ws/1oYBFUn ) he has been surprised that excess rainfall has not ruined many soybean fields in Louisiana.
Some soybean fields in Avoyelles Parish suffered from scalding after heavy rainfall there, and some soybean plants have fallen over because of stormy weather in central and north Louisiana, Levy said.
Some of the early soybeans in north Louisiana have yielded 60-80 bushels an acre, while yields from bean crops grown on sugarcane ground in the south have ranged 50-90 bushels per acre, he said. Average statewide yield in 2013 was nearly 49 bushels per acre, according to the AgCenter 2013 Ag Summary.
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