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Illinois Yield Challenge
The Illinois Soybean Yield Challenge - funded by the Illinois soybean checkoff - is all about getting results. The more innovative approaches we try, the higher yields growers can realize.
The program's inaugural year, 2010, saw teams with an average yield increase of 5.2 percent, and 69 percent of the participants who responded to a concluding grower survey stated they would adopt their new practices on additional production acres in future years. Most of the 2011 results have been tabulated, and the participating teams reported an overall average yield increase of 6.45 percent! The Challenge has already succeeded in helping growers find ways that can increase their bottom-line profitability... but this year, we're taking it to a new level and furthering our efforts to make Illinois soybean growers the global leader in soybean yields.
"This program provides growers with an extraordinary opportunity to try new approaches in crop management," explains ISA Production Committee Chair Dan Farney. "Typically, growers would have to test new practices and wait until harvest to see what happens. With this program, their control plots allow them to review data and make comparisons throughout the growing season."
Now it's time for growers, students, and every major crop input supplier and manufacturer in the soybean industry to put their methods to the test and sign up for the 2012 Yield Challenge today!
Yield Challenge Plots in Action
Check out the 2011 Yield Challenge plots in action as participant grower and ISA Director Ross Prough tracked his fields on SoyCam.com. You can keep up with all the latest developments by following the Yield Challenge on Twitter.
Simply visit www.twitter.com/ilsoyyield and click "Follow" in the top, right corner. While there, we encourage you to check out our other Twitter pages, including @ilsoy_news and @soycam, too!
