Thanks -
We do get lots of rainfall and snow - well over 30" per year of water.
Our soils are not great - they are typical Upland soils - Rocky (limestone), with a clay/loam - Heavy soils that hold moisture well. The pH is not good - the best is 5.5-6.0 pH (our soil test suggests 8 tons/acre for clover)- and that is why we grow corn & soybeans in these sections.What we have done is turn the soil over - each of the last 10 years - and not harvest crops - so the soil has been improving. We grow clovers in other plots that we have workon th pH.
As far as growing soybeans - we double row plant them (best we can) 15" rows - in Late May. we don't fertilize much anymore - but put down a little (200 lbs/acre Urea) at planting. We use Roundup Ready Soybeans.
Then in late June, we spray 1 time with Glyphosate (roundup) - We get some weeds because we only spray once - but we don't care - we still get lots of growth &beans.
We do not wory about running over some plants - they fill in fine.
FH