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If you are seeing thrips in your beans, use Hero at 10 oz. Don’t forget to add a water buffer in the mix.

Eddie Gonzalez

Preventing seed set and fill on pesky weed escapes should be a high priority over the next couple weeks. If you need motivation to put in the extra effort, remember that each individual weed removed is likely 5,000+ seeds removed as well. I’ve been seeing bean riders, backpack sprayers, and hand pump sprayers making quite an impact on some small but concentrated weed banks.

Connor Majerus

Be sure to scout for soybean aphids as I am starting to see lower populations come into field edges. The best optimum temperature for aphid reproduction is 72°-77°. If we continue with high temperatures (90°+), we may not get to an economic threshold for whole field treatment. Be on the lookout and catch them before they do too much damage to an already moisture stressed soybean crop.

Sam Geistfeld

There are multiple fungicide mixes that you can pick, depending on crop and diseases. One that we have found beneficial is Priaxor at 2.5 oz and Fortix at 2.5 oz. You get all three modes of action and a double shot of plant health that provides lower crop canopy temperature, less ethylene production, and higher antioxidants for more stress tolerance in these droughty areas.

Aaron Erdahl

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If you have spider mites, you cannot use a cheap pyrethroid. You have to switch to either Brigade or Lorsban. The cheap generic Warrior type products will cause a mite flare-up because they will kill everything other than the mites.

Grant Lunning

For spider mites, consider a longer residual product like Zeal SC or Agri-Mek SC. Lorsban or bifenthrin products have only been providing limited residual.

Brent Larson

Insects and mites are still the most important things to be scouting for. Pockets of spider mites are around so keep scouting and treat with chlorpyrifos or bifenthrin.

John Scheibel

As shown below, the image on the left shows what it first looks like when you find spider mites in your soybeans (and should be spraying) and the image on the right shows how important it is to spray for them before it gets this bad. We are finding spider mites in most fields in our area.

Brandon Howard

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If you have frogeye leaf spot in your beans, it’s not too late to treat. 4 oz of Priaxor + 4 oz of generic Tilt will provide good control with added plant health benefits.

Brendan Nicholson

Make sure to be scouting for insects and mites. There have been reports of aphids in alfalfa and spider mites in both corn and soybeans.

Kody Urwiler

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With most soybeans being around the R3-R4 stage, it is an important stage for water intake. If possible, make sure to irrigate and consider adding a fungicide such as 5 oz of Lucento for added protection.

Keaton Moore

Keep an eye out for early signs of southern rust. You want to take care of it and get it under control before it gets out of hand. An inexpensive contact fungicide some farmers will use is Tilt at 4 oz/acre.

Brie Bailey

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Be on the lookout for spider mites in soybeans as their populations continue to rise. 6.4 oz/acre of Brigade is a good option for these pests. Also, I’ve had a few questions about spraying yards and pastures. I would hold off for now as the weeds are going to be tough to control and it will be hard on the grass with the lack of rain.

Spencer Schultz

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A lot of soybeans are now at R3, when pods are 3/16” long at one of the four uppermost nodes of the plant. This is a great time to spray a fungicide for plant health, including disease protection. This is also a great time for farmers with previous white mold problems to apply their second white mold fungicide.

Conner Edelman

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Mite pressure continues to be on the rise. Continue to scout your fields as spider mites are starting to do damage in soybean fields. I recommend using a bifenthrin or Lorsban product for the spider mites.

Mark Swanson

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Keep an eye on wheat stubble for weeds. With recent rains, some fields are greening up a little bit.

Kyle Wiese

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There is still a significant spider mite problem in our area. If you are going after spider mites, make sure you are running a full rate of a bifenthrin or chlorpyrifos product. Running a half rate might eliminate the beneficials and the spider mites might not be affected.

Preston Barragan

With current prices on August burndown, Gramoxone (qt) is a cheaper choice than going RT3 (48 fl oz) per acre. You can save over $3/acre at those rates if you can get good weed control.

Jamie Rovey

Some growers are using Paraquat as a post-harvest spray. Many are using 48 oz of 3 lb Paraquat, COC, and adding a quart to the acre of nitrogen (solution 32), and spraying at 20 gallons to take advantage of as much coverage as they can get.

Dave Dye