7-Year Study Reveals To Boost Soybean Yields COLUMBUS, Ohio Care ful incorporation of inoculants, fungicide seed treatments and reduced seeding' rates into a crop production program may give soybean farmers a boost in yield and extra money in their pockets at the end of the grow ing season. A seven-year culmination of Ohio State University soybean inoculation evaluations consist ing of 40 field trials and over 2,600 plots throughout the state have suggested that yearly seed inoculation can produce profits of 400-500 percent. A yield in crease of one-third bushel per acre is profitable and, for many products, a two to five bushel per acre increase is common. An inoculant is a naturally oc curring bacterium that main tains a symbiotic relationship with the soybean plant. The or ganism, which grows on the plant roots, converts nitrogen gas into nitrate, which the plant needs for growth. “The soybean plant nourishes the bacterium and the bacterium helps the plant to grow,” said Jim Beuerlein, an Ohio State agronomist. “It’s a pretty unique Relationship and can be profitable for the farmer.” The 2001 soybean inoculation trials evaluated 14 different products at six sites and showed an average yield increase of over 6.5 percent. Profit generated ranged anywhere between $5- $l2 per acre. Improving a crop’s health through the use of fungicide seed treatment is another way a farmer can increase profits. “Farmers need to pay special attention to the diseases they have in their fields and then choose a fungicide package to control diseases for the varieties Practices that may not be resistant to them,” said Beuerlein. Phytophthora, Pythium and Rhizoctonia are three root rot diseases that can cause major crop losses if not adequately controlled. “Proper variety selection and proper seed treatment can elimi nate those diseases as a potential problem,” said Beuerlein. Adding fungicide treatment to the inoculated seeds generated additional profits as high as $l5 per acre. Results of the inocula tion and fungicide performance trials are located at http:// www.ag.ohio-state.edu/. Another way a farmer can save money is to reduce the seeding rate. An Ohio State seeding rate study conducted in 2001 indicated that reducing the seeding rate by 50,000 seeds per acre could potentially save a farmer up to $lO per acre. Study results showed that maximum soybean yields were produced with seeding rates ranging be tween 150,000-175,000 seeds per acre. “Farmers tend to plant 25 percent more seed than they need to. Some of that is to com pensate for poor equipment or lack of calibration. Some of it is just habit, but some producers feel that the high seeding rates are needed for better weed con trol,” said Beuerlein. “Most people can reduce seeding rate by 25 percent without affecting either weed control or yield and therefore increase profits.” Beuerlein said that proper calibration of 'equipment to achieve the desired number of seeds planted per acre, or the number of seeds per foot of row, is a very important step in re ducing production cost. 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