Drainage control systems boost corn, soybean yields
posted
1/24/2017
University of Missouri agronomists found corn and soybean yields increase by 20 percent or more when they use drainage control systems.
A combination of drainage and subirrigation boosts corn yields by 45 percent and soybean yields by 20 percent in claypan soils, said Kelly Nelson, MU Extension agronomist at the Greenley Research Center in Novelty where a system allows excess water to drain and be retained as needed.
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