With in reason does price matter more than performance?

Question

A friend told me he doesn’t care about potential yield because every field handles seed differently.  If proven yield is consistently 5-8 bushel better on beans, is it really worth saving $8-9 on a bag of beans?

We always buy the middle of the road not high and not low. Have had pretty good performance. Just curious what you all think.....  maybe I am missing the boat by not going cheap.

Answer

To some degree you get better yield performance due to the genetics in the bag. Some varieties just handle variability better and will put on yield despite in field challenges.

Economically if you can do 6-8 bpa better and only pay $9 more per bag that's worth it because you only need an extra bpa yield bump to cover the cost increase whereas you can get another $40/acre in revenue.

I don't think a person needs to spend top dollar on beans though. If you can get beans that are tolerant to the chemicals you want to use and you don't have to pay top dollar for them then don't do it.

I do think it's wise to spend the money every 3-4th year to buy beans that will tolerate a different chemical program so your weeds and your neighbors don't develop more resistance too quickly but if your ground (I. E. Weeds on that ground) can be killed with glyphosate I would definitely consider planting some F2F beans or other less expensive varieties as the seed cost savings will make up any yield drag you may encounter. A lot of the time though you won't see a giant drag on yield if your weeds are managed and controlled the same and the only difference between varieties is their chemical tolerance package.  So if that's accounted for you could save/earn another $25/acre by planting RR1*beans from F2F

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