Chaco: sowing in the second half of January provides greater stability for soybeans

There is no doubt that soybeans will continue to expand in Chaco soil, although more information is needed to consolidate a production system, as proposed by Agricultural Engineer Jenny Dueck, technical coordinator of the Ideagro Evaluation Trials Network (REEI), who expressed that after working two decades with the oilseed in the Chaco, she concluded that it is a crop sensitive to high temperatures and for a more stable harvest, between 2500 and 3000 kg/ha, the sowing recommendation is in the second half of January and February. She added that in the early years of the REEI the tendency was to use very long cycle materials, but currently, the best results are achieved with medium cycle varieties.

In the Sunday agroclassic, during which we discussed the results of the 2024/2025 soybean, corn, and sorghum REEI presented on September 11 during the 8th Sustainable Summer Crops Day, the professional with a long career in the Agro-Pastoral Service (SAP) of the Chortitzer Cooperative highlighted that with 20 years of experience in cultivating soybeans in the Chaco, he concluded that soybeans are sensitive to high temperatures, hence, they require effective management to provide a favorable response despite these conditions. “Our trials show that a very early sowing will have a very high potential, but the stability of a harvest, which is good for us between 2500 and 3000 kg, will be in sowings from the second half of January and February, with that we have more certainty of having better climatic conditions, rainfall, and slightly lower temperatures to ensure yield,” he emphasized. According to the agricultural engineer, soybeans come with high expectations for the next campaign, ...