Have Your Quality And Yield It, Too

High-protein, strong-yielding seed is available to meet end-user demand

High protein or high yielding – which should a soybean farmer choose when selecting seeds? Who says you can’t have it all?

Many soybean farmers think that you can’t grow soybeans with high levels of protein and oil without sacrificing yield. What they don’t realize is that there are many varieties out there that will produce high yields and provide the high levels of protein that end-users desire.

In fact, oftentimes the yield among soybean varieties is relatively consistent, while the levels of protein they produce varies greatly.

“Since we always try to select the highest-yielding soybean varieties, we don’t see a large range in yield in our soybeans,” says Trek Murray, quality traits market manager at Beck’s. “The protein levels in our varieties vary quite a bit, however. They range anywhere from 36 percent protein to some that are pushing 43 percent.”

  "We don't see a large range in yield in our soybeans. The protein levels in our varieties vary quite a bit, however." – Trek Murray, quality traits market manager at Beck's