TSM® July 2004 Newsletter | News Home |      | TSM® Home |        Newsletter in PDF Format   Looking Back at Soybean Yields        By Randy Simonson, Ph. D. Other Articles in This Issue: Crops Are Ahead of Schedule TSM® Micro-Boost Looking Great on Soybeans Cycling Up, and Down Charting Progress The Testing Continues Precision Equipment That Pays Fall Will Be Here Before We Know It The 11-year mean for soybean yields at the TSM® Research Farm continues to show TSM® E as the high-yielding treatment.  TSM® E averaged 62 bu./acre over the past 11 years, with TSM® A and the Tri-State recommendations coming in second at 60 bu./acre.  The U of IL treatment averaged the least with 57 bu./acre.  While 57 bu./acre is still a good soybean yield, with the high price of soybeans these days a 5-bu./acre difference from what the TSM® E treatment produced is a substantial loss in revenue. 1993-2003 TSM® Research Farm Catlin, Illinois Soybean Yields (bu/acre) Treatment 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 11-yr Mean TSM® A 57 58 43 53 64 52 72 60 66 76 54 60 TSM® E 62 73 44 57 61 55 72 64 65 75 58 62 TSM® I 58 65 40 54 60 52 62 55 63 72 55 58 U of IL 56 65 38 56 57 52 65 60 60 67 54 57 Tri-State - - - 56 54 53 66 59 62 72 57 60 Conventional 56 59 41 55 60 53 70 60 63 66 55 58       ©  TSM Services, Inc. Back to Top