# Early planting helps soybeans avoid stressors at critical times

> Midwest farmers increasingly plant soybeans before corn, and this practice has produced higher yields. The article advises early planting so that soybeans avoid heat and moisture stress during critical flowering stages. Agronomists say early planting also helps yields.

- Date: 2022-02-17 · published 2022-02-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13384-early-planting-helps-soybeans-avoid-stressors-at-critical-times
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Earlier planting that improves yield potential has only a modest effect on near-term soybean supply expectations. The impact on prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-10-09 | [Soybean planting progresses at a slow pace - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62376-soybean-planting-progresses-at-a-slow-pace-revista-cultivar.md) | +2.5% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2025-08-14 | [Indiana Corn, Soybean Crops Feel the Heat and Variability of Late Planting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13068-indiana-corn-soybean-crops-feel-the-heat-and-variability-of-late-planting.md) | -0.8% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2022-12-12 | [Brazil producers hope for rain as soybean planting nears end](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13678-brazil-producers-hope-for-rain-as-soybean-planting-nears-end.md) | -0.3% | +1.8% |
| SOY | 2021-09-22 | [Early 2021/22 soybean planting underway in Brazil 22.09.2021 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44915-early-2021-22-soybean-planting-underway-in-brazil-22-09-2021-ukragroconsult.md) | +0.2% | -3.6% |
| SOY | 2021-06-21 | [Drought Stress: When Does it Start Stealing Yield from Corn and Soybeans?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46416-drought-stress-when-does-it-start-stealing-yield-from-corn-and-soybeans.md) | -4.7% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- agupdate.com: https://agupdate.com/iowafarmertoday/news/crop/article_3e8f9fcc-8ea8-11ec-916d-b7e2ee2ee05d.html

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