Weather conditions along the Texas Gulf Coast during the 2022 growing season were dry resulting in soybean yields that were extremely low. Also, the lack of food for wildlife resulted in deer and wild hogs being an issue in some fields. Overall, the soybean variety trial in Victoria County was not planted and the trials at Corpus Christi were abandonded due to the drought and the variety testing at Stephenville was decimated by deer and hogs. No insect related work was attempted due to the dry conditions and a lack of insect pressure. Only the trials at Pt. Lavaca were harvested and yields were extremely low due to lack of rain.

Objectives for the 2022 studies included: (1) determine the response of various commercial varieties to growing conditions at different locations along the Texas Gulf Coast, (2) determine response of selected University of Missouri breeding lines to growing conditions in various areas of the state, (3) determine soybean response to planting date in the Texas Coastal Bend, and (4) determine soybean variety response to iron deficiency chlorosis issues.

Results from each area will show the response of soybean varieties to extreme drought conditions.

Updated July 25, 2023:

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The results of this research will provide soybean growers along the Texas Gulf Coast with needed information on the varieties that will work best in each area when exposed to extreme drought conditions.