How much seed should you plant to achieve the highest possible yield? That’s a question growers and agronomists have been asking for years as more and more farmers have tried to maximize productivity to increase revenues.
But what if you change the question to how much seed do you have to plant to have a profitable yield? That’s what farmers like Adam Chappell have begun to ask as they try to figure out how to survive in the current economic climate.
“How many of y’all are actively trying to lower inputs rather than protecting a yield goal” said Chappell, one of the speakers for this year’s first-ever virtual Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference at Arkansas State University. “Where do we look to find a more profitable system? What questions do we ask?