Crop management specialist Emerson Nafziger says his research shows soybeans with less stress yield better.
“My point here is don’t create stress on purpose,” said Nafziger, during an Illinois Soybean Association-sponsored webinar Tuesday. “Some people have said soybeans love stress; if you stop it, they’re so happy they yield more, (but that) doesn’t seem to work.”
The University of Illinois professor emeritus made his point with the fact that Illinois had a record projected 2018 soybean yield of 64 bushels to the acre.
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