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In A Bean Pod -- Consider double-cropping soybeans

University of Wisconsin
Jun 27, 2024
Jun 27, 2024

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Expansion of the double-cropping insurance map to encompass most counties in Wisconsin is expected to incentivize more farmers to explore double-cropping practices.

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• For double-crop soybeans in Wisconsin the optimal seeding rate to maximize economic returns was based on seed price but ranged from 234,000 to 156,000 when soybean-seed price ranged from $20 to $60 per unit.

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Authors are Andrew Malcomson, Spyros Mourtzinis, John Gaska, Adam Roth and Shawn Conley.

Shawn P. Conley is an associate professor of agronomy at the University of Wisconsin-College of Agricultural and Life Sciences as well as a soybean and wheat specialist in the UW-Division of Extension.

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