Items: Yields
What Limits Yield – The Source or the Sink? Does it Matter?
By Dennis Egli
Published on Feb. 21, 2025
Crop Physiologists often analyze the yield production process in grain crops by dividing the process into two components – the source and the sink. The source is the photosynthetic machinery that supplies the raw materials and energy for plant growth. The sink is the seed that utilizes simple sugars from the source to grow.
Yield Gaps, Potential Yield and Crop Productivity
By Dennis Egli
Published on Jan. 21, 2025
Are there ‘yield gaps’ on your farm? Finding a yield gap suggests that your yields are less than they could be, so some combination of improved management practices will increase yield and reduce the yield gap. This seems like a simple way to evaluate productivity.
