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Soybean production winding down at RAREC for the first season

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The weather this season in southern New Jersey was nothing short of very dry for most of the second half of the summer and fall. In total, since 1 Aug. less than 2 inches of rainfall has been recorded at the research station. Fortunately, overhead irrigation was available to supply supplemental water to the soybean blocks when needed. Most soybean growers throughout the state don’t have this option.

Soybeans growing under the 2 AV panel single-axis tracking plot at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center near Bridgeton, New Jersey this fall.
Note the differences in the maturity of the soybeans on the eastern side of a 2 panel single-axis tracking plot at RAREC in southern New Jersey. This image was taken on 7 October 2024.
An image of the two blocks of soybeans each containing a control, single panel, and a double panel array at RAREC in southern New Jersey. This image was taken in the late afternoon of 22 October 2024.
An image taken in the late afternoon of 22 October 2024 of a single AV panel plot (foreground) and a double AV panel plot (background) with the long shadows.

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