Soybean Yields

Soybean Yields
NCSRP Research Director: "Earlier Planting can Increase Soybean Yields"

With the price of soybean seed skyrocketing, soybean growers are looking for "the sweet spot" - the ideal combination of planting date and seeding rate. The research and education director of the North Central Soybean Research Program offers suggestions to help growers maximize soybean yield and profit potential in 2009.
If you do find yourself planting early in cold, wet and poorly drained soils, or if there's a history of soybean seedling diseases in your fields, consider a fungicide seed treatment to protect your stand

Urbandale, Iowa (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 -- Optimal soybean planting dates vary from year to year with the weather. "In general, however, research is showing us that planting earlier can help increase yield - provided your seedbed is in good shape," says Dr. David Wright, Director of Research for the North Central Soybean Research Program (NCSRP).

Growers are planting soybeans between one and three weeks earlier than they did a decade ago. Checkoff-funded research shows that planting earlier can help increase soybean yield, if the seedbed is in good shape.