Here are some pictures of how residue cover affects the emergence of soybeans. This field was cereal rye in 2021 and was corn in 2022. Last year the edges of the field was chopped for silage, with the remainder put up for earlage. 
  On very edge of the field where it was chopped for silage we made a pass with the drill and planted some rye last fall. Then there was a portion of the chopped was not planted to rye.
 The first picture shows the residue back last year in mid sept. The 2nd pic shows the strip where the rye was planted  last fall, notice that rye residue from the previous rye stubble for some reason has disappeared and the soil is too dry for the soybeans to germinate. The 3rd pic shows where the corn was chopped, but no rye planted, the soybeans are up and running, there is some rye residue remaining from the previous rye crop. The 4th pic shows the area where the corn was taken as earlage, there is some rye residue plus corn residue remaining, the beans are taking a little more time to emerge. 

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