2017
Increasing Yields & Profitability for Mid-Atlantic Double-Crop Soybean
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Contributor/Checkoff:
North Carolina Soybean Producers Association
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
DiseaseField management Pest
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
David Holshouser, Virginia Tech
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
P17-011
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
North Carolina Soybean Producers Association
$9,212
Institution Funded:
North Carolina State University
$9,212
Brief Project Summary:

Increasing yield and profitability of double crop small grain soybean systems is important because soybean is the foundation for row crop production in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. Double-cropping soybeans with small grains allows farmers to meet environmental goals and regulations through no-till and using a harvestable cover crop. However, soybean yield suffers due to late planting. To increase soybean production and meet profitability, environmental and sustainability goals, yields of double-crop soybean need to increase and compete with full-season systems. Such yield increases require a multidisciplinary multi-state effort like this project that deliberately focuses knowledge, ideas, and capabilities towards the goal.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents

Information And Results
Final Project Results

In summary, planting soybean early following high-moisture wheat harvest is an excellent management practice for increasing double-crop soybean yield. Other practices help, but are not nearly as important. Furthermore, early wheat harvest resulted in greater wheat yields and quality. Our research (>20 site-years) is the strongest and most comprehensive data set ever developed in the Mid-Atlantic region that supports early high-moisture wheat harvest. These results have been shared at numerous extension, industry, and professional meetings. The next step is to begin intensive dialog with buyers of wheat and soybean and with dryer manufacturers that will allow higher-moisture wheat harvest.

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.