Source: NCSU COOPERTIVE EXTENSION, 3/30/21


Preparing for Plant 21 (PFP21): Soybean Seeding Rate
Soybean is a plastic crop that can perform well across a wide range of populations, however seed is one of the largest variable input costs for soybean producers and it is important to understand what seeding rates maximize profit without compromising yield. This national Extension publication does an excellent job of describing this in more detail. The interest in using lower soybean seeding rates is driven not only by seed cost but also the shift from drilling soybeans to precision planting coupled with the reliance on herbicide-resistant soybean varieties that enable herbicides as the primary mechanism of weed control. 

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