He also bred one of my favorite varieties from the 90's. That variety is Stressland which was bred for the stresses of southern Ohio. It is a 4.3 maturity and was always my best bean on poorly drained low fertility soil. I've had it make 50 bushels when others wouldn't make over 30 bushels. It really responded to the new USDA inoculant back in 1994 and I've had it increase Stressland yields by 5-8 bushels with that inoculant.
Stressland was used as a parent for the Jacob soybean I plant from Steritz Seed farm nearby. I was able to show Dr. Cooper the Jacob bean and the new Foundation seed of Highland variety on the Steritz Farm.
He and fellow breeders had great impact on Ohio crop production. I am completing my 29th year as a certified seed inspector and have had the opportunity to inspect foundation seed at introduction through replication in farmer's fields.
"Cooper says. “In years with a warm early spring,
the experiments have yielded 90 to 100
bushels per acre for soybeans.”
“These results demonstrate the value
of long-term high yield research. Without
the long-term data and the removal of
other yield-limiting factors, it is doubtful
the delayed flowering barrier to higher
soybean yields under normal spring
temperatures would have been identified.
“As a result of this new knowledge, I
anticipate a major effort will be made by
soybean breeders to select for earlier
flowering,” Cooper says.
It was a pleasure to have the actual breeder of a soybean on our farm today. Dr. Cooper and fellows like him improved farm technology through their lifetime of effort.
Ed Winkle
"Cooper says. “In years with a warm early spring,
the experiments have yielded 90 to 100
bushels per acre for soybeans.”
“These results demonstrate the value
of long-term high yield research. Without
the long-term data and the removal of
other yield-limiting factors, it is doubtful
the delayed flowering barrier to higher
soybean yields under normal spring
temperatures would have been identified.
“As a result of this new knowledge, I
anticipate a major effort will be made by
soybean breeders to select for earlier
flowering,” Cooper says.
It was a pleasure to have the actual breeder of a soybean on our farm today. Dr. Cooper and fellows like him improved farm technology through their lifetime of effort.
Ed Winkle
0 comments:
Post a Comment