High Yield Soybean Study

Key Points

#1 ROI in 2022: Our high yield soybean program has made the Top 10 multiple times at the PTI Farm, and took the top spot in 2022.
Banding all the way: In 2022, banded fertilizer rather than broadcasted fertilizer led to a net return of +$10.00/A.
Great yields: 110.7 Bu/A is our record from 2020. In 2022, our highest return was 101.0 Bu/A.
Seed size and planting date: Strip-till has been effective for us to dry the fields out and get soybeans planted early, and we have also seen a correlation between seed size and yield.

Looking to drive higher soybean yields?

We've learned a few things at the PTI Farm when it comes to growing high-yielding soybeans. In fact, our high yield soybeans have regularly made the PTI Farm's list of top 10 return-on-investment studies.

"We recently surveyed growers and found that almost 75% of growers aren’t applying starter fertilizer to soybeans. This seems like a big opportunity."

Jason Webster

Commercial Agronomist

In 2022, we actually saw the most 4-bean soybean pods we’ve ever seen at the PTI Farm (or anywhere, for that matter!).

In this collection of studies, we’re sharing our full protocol for high-yield soybeans from various years, tools and strategies you can implement to potentially increase soybean yield on your farm, the data we’ve discovered from each year of our high yield soybean program (which has regularly given us over 100 Bu/A soybeans), and more.

Check out the leaf size difference we’ve seen as a result of this program: