The American Soybean Association and 
BASF Present the 
Secure Optimal Yield (SOY) Field Trials Program.

Secure Optimal Yield 2008

 

Program Objectives

Learn how to:

  • Protect soybean yields by reducing early season weed competition
  • Reduce risk of missing post timing by lengthening the glyphosate application window
  • Enhance post herbicide performance
  • Reduce risk of weed resistance or weed shifts
  • Enhance disease management for improved plant health and increased yields
  • Increase net yield and profit per acre of soybeans

 

Participation Criteria  

The following guidelines represent the minimum requirements for participation in the ASA-BASF Soy Yield Maximize Field Trials program for the 2008 growing season.

  1. Allocate 20 or more historic corn/soy acres within a single field. Grower has the option to run trials in multiple fields as long as each field meets trial guidelines. 
  1. Field trial acres to be planted to a single variety of Roundup Ready Soybeans® of the participant’s choice.
  1. Control acres to be treated with a single post application of glyphosate only.
  1. Test acres to be treated with a burndown application that includes a BASF residual herbicide, one post application of glyphosate, and one application of Headline® fungicide at R2-R3.
  1. Grower and BASF representative to reach mutual agreement on how field test areas should be allocated to minimize the affect of local field variations.
  1. Grower maintains records and provides feedback showing type and cost of crop inputs utilized, weed and disease control observations, and harvest data. Submit trials data by November 15, 2008, and receive a $250.00 Cabela's Gift Card from ASA.
  1. Growers may be contacted by the American Soybean Association and/or BASF to be interviewed about field trial results. Grower agrees to allow ASA and/or BASF to publish grower feedback, photographs and comments in future educational materials.
  1. Grower holds ASA and BASF harmless for any liability that may be created as a result of participation in this program. All input costs are the participant’s responsibility. A complete set of guidelines will be provided to selected participants.