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S Illinois | Historical data says so. This summer has been cooler than average with good rainfall up until the last few weeks. When previous years had this type weather yields were average or above.
As to yield increases, every agronomic and many equipment purchase decisions do. Have yet to see anyone admit to making a business decisions for their farm to have lower yield potential going forward. It can be area specific but locally hybrids are #1 yield increased driver currently. Planting date and nutrient management are the next 2 on many farms. On others drainage, irrigation, planting equipment, harvest timing all lead to a continual upward push of yield.
Note:you can have decisions that decrease yield when the marginal cost of another bushel can’t be covered by selling price but that’s a longer term decision that takes a few years of lower prices.
Edit: Another sometimes overlooked one is the weeding out of poor managers. Better managers which many times means better producers will gain acreage quicker than the poor producers. So even the simple act of one operation that makes 150 loosing land to a new operation that makes 160 increases nationwide yield.
Edited by w1891 9/5/2024 10:29
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