Trial Type
Seeding Rate/ Varieties/ Row Spacing, Medium Yield
General Stats
Soil Stats
Methodology
Methodology:
Soybeans were planted at 2 populations, 130,000 seeds/acre and 160,000 seeds/acre on May 19th, 2017. The 130,000 seeds/acre was a reduced seeding rate and was compared to the farmers typical soybean planting population of 160,000 seeds/acre.
Results
Results: The reduced seeding rate of 130,000 seeds/acre did not yield significantly better or worse than the farmers standard population of 160,000 seeds/acre in medium yielding soybeans (35-55 bu/acre). The results show the farmer may benefit by using a lower seeding rate in the future. The results demonstrate the potential to achieve the same yields (statistically similar) to the 160K yields, with the 130K reduced planting population.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Funding for this research project was provided by the South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council. The authors would also like to thank the soybean producers who participated in this project.
