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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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Fine-tuning sulphur needs for higher yield

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But there’s another macronutrient that’s hitting the radar with greater frequency as farmers and agronomists pursue higher crop yields. But there’s another macronutrient that’s hitting the radar with greater frequency as farmers and agronomists pursue higher crop yields. Read More

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Wheat School: High head counts deliver high yield

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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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Driving yield with crop inoculant innovation

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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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Wheat Pete’s Word, Oct 16: Yield swings, scouting reminders, ugly ducklings, and carbon cycling

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Turns out, it’s not just building organic matter that adds to this dynamic — growing high yielding crops is also key part of nutrient cycling and productive soil. Turns out, it’s not just building organic matter that adds to this dynamic — growing high yielding crops is also key part of nutrient cycling and productive soil.

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The Sharp Edge: Sulphur strategies for higher-yielding soybeans

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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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