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Brad Haire
File photo of Eddie McGriff, left, and Nick McMichen taken fall 2017 in Cherokee County, Ala. They were not discussing soybeans that day but cotton. Ultra-early soybeans were planted around April 16 on 30-inch rows with a rate of 125,000 seed per acre at about a 1.25-inch depth.
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This year, Nick McMichen planted 600 acres of ultra-early soybeans. It s a big trial, but McMichen has proven many times that his diversified family farm in Alabama can deliver quality high yields for soybeans and cotton and peanuts, too.
But the Cherokee County farmer sat down with Eddie McGriff, Alabama Cooperative Extension regional agent, to discuss the progress of the ultra-early soybeans in as part of McGriff s series called Bean Counters.