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Wheat School: High head counts deliver high yield

Real Agriculture

Wheat yield is made up of many yield components ranging from thousand kernel weight to head size and kernels per head. But when it comes to driving higher yields, all those components take a back seat to the number of heads per square metre. It’s the big data point emerging from three years of data. Read More

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The Sharp Edge: Sulphur strategies for higher-yielding soybeans

Real Agriculture

Research from Purdue University agronomy professor Shaun Casteel indicates that early sulphur applications broadcast pre-plant or right at planting can deliver a soybean yield bump in specific conditions.

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Corn School: How poor kernel set impacts yield

Real Agriculture

Good kernel set — from the tip to the butt of the ear — plays a key role in achieving high corn yield. But every year growers run into environmental and agronomic challenges the can lead to poor pollination, aborted kernels and a significant impact on yield. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, Read More

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Five drivers of big wheat yields

Real Agriculture

There’s never going to be a one-size-fits all recipe for top wheat yields — too much depends on fertility, soil conditions, and weather. Read More There’s never going to be a one-size-fits all recipe for top wheat yields — too much depends on fertility, soil conditions, and weather. Read More

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Grower reveals yield and margin data from intercropping trial

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly A mix of peas and mustard generated the highest gross margin in the first year of an extensive intercropping trial carried out by Oxfordshire farmer Ben Adams, where different crop mixes were assessed for yield, quality and ease of harvest.

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Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network winners hit new highs

Real Agriculture

achieved the highest wheat yield in the 2023 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) competition. Winning the highest per cent of yield potential was Mark Davis, of Napanee, Ont., per cent of potential yield. Hitting a whopping 173.4 bushels, Jeff Cook of London, Ont., with an achievement of 117.6 Read More

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Wheat School: Timing PGRs in winter wheat for head count and yield

Real Agriculture

There’s big yield potential in winter wheat fields across Ontario as the crop advances quickly with help from favourable spring growing conditions. Read More There’s big yield potential in winter wheat fields across Ontario as the crop advances quickly with help from favourable spring growing conditions. Read More

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