Wingait Farm

Author savithri.menon.k.u
Date 11/11/2019
Purpose To calculate the yield and growth of a soybeans
grown on the farm
Wingait Farm
Soybean Yield
Year Soybean Yield Soybean Constants
Total Soybean Crop (acres) 72 1995 49 Square Inches in an Acre 6,272,640
1996 47 Seeds in 1 Pound of Soybeans 3,000
Soybean Sample Plot 1997 51 Pounds of Soybean in a Bushel 60
Number of Rows 4 1998 52 Market Price of Soybeans per Bushel $8.87
Rows Width (in.) 7.5 1999 40
Row Length (in.) 21 2000 47 In 2006, what would become Wingait Farm was
undergoing foreclosure. While soybeans were harvested
Sample Area (sq. in.) 630 2001 41 that year, a reliable estimate of the 2006 yield is not
Area in Acres 0.0001 2002 46 available.
2003 41
Soybean Count 2004 43
Number of Pods 400 2005 39
Seeds per Pod 2.5 2006
Total Seeds 1000 2007 51
Pounds 0.33 2008 53
Bushels 0.0056 2009 58
Estimated Bushels per Acre 55.3142857143 2010 54
Historic Average 49.2857142857 2011 54
Historic Median 51 2012 52
2013 57
Total Yield and Revenue 2014 54
Total Yield (Bushels) 1 2015 51
Total Revenue 2016 55

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Wingait Farm
Soybean Growth

Farm Day Daily Low (°F) Daily High (°F) GDD Cumulative GDD Harvest Ready Date
Current Date 43 69 Temperature Range
49 73 Range Temp (°F)
Growth Tracker 54 62 Base Temp 50
Maturity Group 57 76 Min Temp 50
Planting Date 62 82 Max Temp 78
GDD to Harvest 63 78
Estimated Harvest Date 43 63 Soybean Types
Days from Planting to Harvest 39 59 Maturity Group Cumulative GDD
44 53 M005 1679
41 77 M007 1721
50 78 M009 1763
57 76 M010 1804
60 72 M030 1846
63 81 M060 1909
62 71 M070 1930
57 82 M090 1971
62 78 M100 1992
61 76
56 64
50 71
52 73
54 73
61 78
63 80
67 86
66 77
66 87
62 89
65 95
73 91
65 77
63 70
65 77
70 81
64 76
60 81
69 85
64 79
63 82
64 93

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Wingait Farm
Soybean Growth

Farm Day Daily Low (°F) Daily High (°F) GDD Cumulative GDD Harvest Ready Date
68 85
72 89
62 83
64 79
67 79
64 77
61 84
64 86
65 83
67 82
63 76
59 71
59 80
61 82
65 89
66 79
58 74
60 70
58 82
63 82
70 86
74 93
77 97
73 91
72 80
71 88
74 95
76 90
72 85
68 87
62 82
63 80
67 86
70 88
74 89
70 90
71 86
71 89
68 86
64 89
69 90

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Wingait Farm
Soybean Growth

Farm Day Daily Low (°F) Daily High (°F) GDD Cumulative GDD Harvest Ready Date
68 88
73 93
67 84
66 79
69 81
67 84
69 90
72 84
71 85
67 85
63 86
65 87
66 87
71 89
69 88
69 89
71 78
60 72
57 68
53 80
63 83
65 84
56 73
53 76
53 77
53 79
57 76
64 79
64 73
60 79
68 88

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Wingait Farm
Functions and Constants
Measures of Soybean Yield
Sample Area The size of the sample plot (in inches) used to estimate soybean yield is calculated as:

area = rows * length * width

where rows = number of soybean rows in the sample area
length= length of each row in inches
width = width of each row in inches

Total Seeds The total number of soybean seeds in a sample plot is equal to:
total seeds = pods * seeds
where pods = total number of soybean pods in the sample plot
seeds = average number of seeds per pod
Soybean Weight To calculate the weight of soybeans, use the formula:
weight = total seeds / 3000
where total seeds = total number of soybean seeds in the sample
Bushels To convert the weight of soybean seeds to bushels, use the formula:
bushels = soybean weight / 60

Measures of Soybean Growth

GDD The Growing Degree Day or GDD measures the growth of a crop in response to changing
temperature. GDD is calculated using the formula:

GDD = (Tmin + Tmax) / 2 - Base

where Tmin = minimum daily temperature (°F)
Tmax = maximum daily temperature (°F)
base = baseline temperature (°F) for the crop

Note that Tmin and Tmax cannot be lower or higher than a set value. For soybeans Tmin
cannot be lower than 50 and Tmax cannot be higher than 78.

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