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PlantingTimely planting of double-crop soybeans may increase profits per acreTimely planting of double-crop soybeans may increase profits per acre
Think DifferentWhile double-cropping soybeans after wheat is profitable for Illinois farmer Kyle Brase, he has found there are limits to a good thing. He plants about 10% of the farm’s total acres into wheat so the crop can be managed with timely nitrogen, fungicide applications and weed control. He then double-crops soybeans on 100% of those wheat acres.“By using only 10% of our acres for wheat and double-crop soybeans, we can better manage all of our acres to their full potential,” he says.
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