Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
American farmers produced in 2022 an estimated 4.3 billion bushels of soybeans. That was about 200 million bushels less than what was produced in 2021. To keep pace with increasing demand for soy-based animal feed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that soybean acreage will increase by 19.6 percent by 2032. Hybrid breeding has the potential to increase soybean productivity, yet it has remained largely unexplored.
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