In the USA, a new soybean yield record of 14.6 t/ha was set in 2024

Georgia farmer Alex Harrell broke the soybean yield record again with 14.67 t/ha (218.2856 bushels). Last year, he obtained a yield of legumes of 13.9 t/ha. This is reported by agweb.com. "At harvest, I thought I was at last year's 206 bushels, but I never thought it would be this high," Harrell told the publication. The average number of seeds in a bean was 3.1 (in 2023, this figure was 2.8). He added that he got such a result thanks to a change in cultivation technology. Harrell, 34, grows corn, soybeans, watermelons and wheat on 1,618 acres in Lee County. In 2024, a year after the record yield and breaking the 200-bushel barrier, Harrell set his sights on the record again. On March 21, he sowed Pioneer P49Z02E (maturity group 4.9) under irrigation, 75 cm row spacing, plant density of 110,000 per acre. The soil is represented by red clay. "At first we used less chicken manure before sowing. I used a different genetic trait and a different herbicide, all pretty much different, to ...