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Soybean Growth Stages

Last Updated: March 28, 2008

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Fehr and Caviness table and link to Michigan State rust publication and ISU publication?

Include a shorthand version of R stages: R1 = first flower R2 = full flower R3 = beginning pod R4 = full pod R5 = beginning seed R6 = full seed R7 = physiological maturity R8 = harvest maturity

“For more information on this or other topics related to soybean production, contact your state extension specialist or your local extension educator/agent.”

The following is the link to the soybean extension specialists: state extension soybean specialist

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