2018
Variable Rate Seeding Prescription Development for Soybeans
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Contributor/Checkoff:
South Carolina Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
DiseaseField management Pest
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Kendall Kirk, Clemson University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
South Carolina Soybean Board
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Institution Funded:
Clemson University
$1
Brief Project Summary:

This project evaluates the potential benefits of variable rate seeding in soybeans. The Clemson-directed prescriptions system for prescribing variable seeding rates for soybeans showed a benefit of about 2 bushels per acre or about $10 per acre profit when compared to the best-performing blanket seeding rate for the field. The yields and returns calculated for the variable rate prescription are projection-based data from the trial; to formally test the prescription it is necessary to conduct the trial for a second year.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents

Information And Results
Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.