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Refining ROI: Why seeding rates and genetics matter more than ever
Many soybean growers expect profits to be hard to come by next year.
University of Minnesota Extension agronomist Seth Naeve encourages a risk-averse approach.
“We give a lot of talks with P values and all the statistics that said that this treatment was better than that treatment, but what farmers really want to know is how can I maximize yield on every acre? Because I can’t give up 10 bushels on 10 acres, I need to make sure that I’m maximizing my yield everywhere in the field.”
He says variable rate seeding and selecting the right genetics for key pests could result in favorable returns.
“I think those are all kind of refining these things a little bit more and getting down into that nitty gritty just a little bit more in terms of helping farmers with those last few dollars on their farms.”
Naeve tells Brownfield this is the time in the economic cycle when looking at the value of seed treatments and seeding rates becomes increasingly important.