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Big yields top 2024 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network contest

Real Agriculture

Nick Suwyn from Michigan has topped the 2024 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network wheat yield contest with 171.9 bushels/acre, while John Kilbourne of Ontario finished third with a yield of 160.2 bushels per acre. Jeffery Krohn, also of Michigan, took second place at 170.1 bushels/acre.

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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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Corn School: Tissue testing for higher yield

Real Agriculture

And what’s the potential yield impact and return on that investment? And what’s the potential yield impact and return on that investment? How do corn hybrids respond to foliar feeding? Those are questions PRIDE Seeds agronomist Stephanie Myslik tackles on this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School.

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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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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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Driving yield with crop inoculant innovation

Real Agriculture

What crops can benefit from inoculants and what kind of yield impact can they have? Read More What crops can benefit from inoculants and what kind of yield impact can they have? XiteBio Technologies U.S.

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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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