Growers

The 2012 Yield Challenge is all about discovering and breaking  down yield barriers. Growers from across all nine Yield Challenge districts will explore, strategize and test new methods and products that help reach higher levels of yield and profit potential.

What do we hope to gain?

• Reveal management practices necessary to maximize soybean yields
• Encourage use of new crop management strategies
  
• Provide useful data to researchers, agri-businesses and growers for improving yield potential
  

Who can participate?

Any grower (owner-operator, tenant, or tenant-landlord team) who produces soybeans within Illinois state boundaries is eligible. Growers can compete as teams (sponsored or non-sponsored) and as individuals. 

What do I get for participating?

• Soil testing for nutrients in both plots
• Plant tissue testing for nutrients in both plots
• Soil analyses for Soybean Cyst Nematode egg counts and SCN Type testing
• Protein and oil analyses of grain samples taken from both harvested plots
  

For more information, please email Jim Nelson, Yield Challenge Coordinator, or call (309) 825-7542.

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