Development of a Team-Based On-Farm Learning Program While Challenging Soybean Growers to Increase Yield

Authors

• Vince M. Davis, University of Wisconsin- MadisonFollow
• Linda S. Kull, University of IllinoisFollow
• James A. Nelson, Illinois Soybean AssociationFollow

Volume

50

Issue

4

Abstract

Illinois soybean growers have not been satisfied with recent lagging yield trends. A yield "challenge" was created to blend the motivation and creativity of a yield contest with the learning power of teamwork and on-farm demonstration. In the initial year (2010), 123 on-farm side-by-side demonstration plots were located throughout the state; 81% of those locations showed increased soybean yields through additional management, and 55% of the experimental challenge plots were profitable. Participant surveys indicated that 92% learned a new production practice and that 69% would adopt experimental practices on more production acres the following year.

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Recommended Citation

Davis, V. M., Kull, L. S., & Nelson, J. A. (2012). Development of a Team-Based On-Farm Learning Program While Challenging Soybean Growers to Increase Yield. Journal of Extension, 50(4), Article 22. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.50.04.22