Eastern Virginia AREC July 2024 - Volume V, Issue II

Eastern Virginia AREC July 2024 Newsletter, Volume V, Issue II We hope that everyone is having a wonderful summer and growing season! June was an extremely dry month as we only received 0.25” from May 30-June 25. This created excellent conditions for wheat harvest which matured the crop 1-2 weeks early and allowed us to get the crop out early. Preliminary results from the wheat state variety test are available on page 4. However, the hot & dry condition in June was detrimental to corn and soybean. We have had nearly 4” of rain in July which has enabled much of the early planted soybean to catch up. Later planted soybean in late May and early June have been plagued with poor stands. We are looking forward to hosting the Virginia Soybean Field Day on September 12, and hope to see many of you here! We will also be out at the Virginia Ag Expo on August 1, and will have two tables set up, one at the Advanced Agronomy Area and one at the Virginia Tech tent. - Dr. Joseph Oakes, Superintendent EVAREC In this Issue: Research Spotlight — page 2 Virginia Soybean Field Day — page 3 State Wheat Results — page 4 Highlights — page 5 Around the Center — page 6