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Yield Contest Award Luncheon January 24, 2012

Yield Contest Award Luncheon January 24, 2012. M ichigan S oybean P romotion C ommittee 2012 – 2020 S oybean P roduction. Keeping-Up Corn, sugar beets, wheat, etc.” Productivity/Profitability. Reality Is………. Record US Corn Yield National average approx. 50%. Record US Soybean Yield

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Yield Contest Award Luncheon January 24, 2012

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  1. Yield Contest Award Luncheon • January 24, 2012

  2. Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee2012 – 2020 Soybean Production • Keeping-Up • Corn, sugar beets, wheat, etc.” • Productivity/Profitability

  3. Reality Is……….. • Record US Corn Yield • National average approx. 50% • Record US Soybean Yield • National average approx. 30%

  4. Paradigm Shift 70-80 bu/acre Paradigm ShiftTHINKING….70-80 bu/a!!!

  5. 2011 Michigan Soybean Yield Contest • 47 entrees • 12 counties represented • 5 yield category winners • AVERAGE YIELD 78.1 bu/a!

  6. Average Soybean YieldDerived… • 60% from Genetics • 40% from Management

  7. SMaRT Focus…… • Yield Contest • On-farm Research

  8. SMaRT Focus…… • Information • Plot days • Winter meetings • “Blogs” • Mailings • Web presence • Etc.

  9. SMaRT Focus…… • Management – educational needs • Research – on-farm, replicated plots • Technology – allows producer involvement

  10. MANAGEMENT…… • Single year/single location data • Producer MUST make annual decisions • Use data “conservatively” • Today, how current is three years data?

  11. RESEARCH…… • Field scale research plot size • Using YOUR equipment • Replicated, randomized, analyzed • Individual data confidential • Sharing group data

  12. RESEARCH continued… • Soybean checkoff provides • Competent staff • Research protocol • Statistical analysis • Individual/shared results

  13. TECHNOLOGIES….. • Using today’s technologies • GPS • GIS • VRT • Yield monitors • Infrared photo • Etc.

  14. SMaRT • 100% soybean • Producer input meetings • Plot days • Research results meetings • Web “blog” • Weekly web updates • Webinars • Agribusiness involvement • Etc.

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