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Georgia Farmer Bests Own Soybean Record

13 Aug 2024

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- For the second consecutive year, Georgia farmer Alex Harrell has set a new world record for soybean production. Earlier on Tuesday, he harvested a 2.5757-acre plot of irrigated soybeans averaging 218.2856 bushels per acre (bpa), eclipsing the record he set last year in 2023 by more than 11 bpa.

Wes Porter, an associate professor with the University of Georgia Extension, confirmed to DTN that the harvest of Harrell's contest entry was personally witnessed by Chelsea Lopez, an agriculture and natural resources agent with the Sumter County Extension office. The entry was weighed on certified scales and averaged 12.5% moisture

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