Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 5/19/17


As planters start to roll in the soybean fields, producers are grateful to learn that studies are showing a reduced soybean plant population doesn’t affect yield.  NC State Extension Soybean Specialist Dr. Jim Dunphy:“Soybean populations have come down in the last 10 to 15 years, and understandably so.  As price of seed has gone up, interest in reducing seeding rates has increased, and that’s understandable."

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