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Soybean Planting And Risk-Return Tradeoffs In The Mid-Southern United States, Weston Weeks
Soybean Planting And Risk-Return Tradeoffs In The Mid-Southern United States, Weston Weeks
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is comprised of two studies on the effects of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) planting date (PD) and maturity group (MG) selection on producer expected returns. Having to replant soybean after early-season planting because of poor stand establishment is costly for producers. Replanting costs have increased in the last ten years as seed and other input costs for soybean have increased. Using five years of field trial results from two locations in Arkansas, the yield response to early and late season plant population density has been estimated to determine yield and future revenue potential for the purpose of …