PR-848: 2023 Soybean Production Contest

Carrie Knott, Clint Hardy, Daniel Carpenter, Troy Muse, Danny Adams, Katie Hughes, Jessica James, Bronson Bass, Lance Lockhart, Tim Lax, Andy Mills, Miranda Rudolph, Darrell Simpson, Jay Stone, Jeana Trapp, John Tucker | Sep. 5, 2024 (New)

In Kentucky, farmers grow soybeans in two common soybean production systems: full season and double crop. Farmers plant full season soybeans in the spring and harvest in fall, so they have harvested one crop in one calendar year. Farmers plant double-crop soybeans after wheat harvest in June. These soybeans are harvested later that fall, making them the second crop harvested in the same calendar year. Both systems are important to the overall production of soybean in Kentucky. To document the agronomic practices utilized by producers, an annual soybean production contest was initiated in Kentucky in 1980.