--- title: Blog | yield efficiency description: yield efficiency | --- [Careers](https://www.premiercrop.com/careers/) [Customer Login](https://services.premiercrop.com/?__hstc=238270879.be9eccecf6a7b1d4075b99a177f6f9ae.1534825773967.1534840763958.1534843546092.3&__hssc=238270879.2.1534843546092&__hsfp=877493044) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/premiercropsystems/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/PremierCrop) [![Premier Crop Systems](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/PremierCropSystems_August2018%20Theme/img/PCS-color-horizontal_cs6_300.png)](https://www.premiercrop.com/) - [Home](https://www.premiercrop.com/) - [Who We Are](https://www.premiercrop.com/who-we-are/) - [What We Do](https://www.premiercrop.com/what-we-do/) - [Why It Matters](https://www.premiercrop.com/why-it-matters/) - [Podcasts](https://www.premiercrop.com/podcasts/) - [Blog](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog?__hstc=238270879.be9eccecf6a7b1d4075b99a177f6f9ae.1534825773967.1534840763958.1534843546092.3&__hssc=238270879.8.1534843546092&__hsfp=877493044) - [Contact Us](https://www.premiercrop.com/precision-agriculture-contact-us/) Search for: ## [The Importance of Yield Efficiency, Group Data, and Benchmarking](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/the-importance-of-yield-efficiency-group-data-and-benchmarking) Posted by [Sarah Windhorst](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/sarah-windhorst) on 12/16/21 10:15 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/Sarah%20yield%20efficiency%20example-01-1.png)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/the-importance-of-yield-efficiency-group-data-and-benchmarking) As a farmer, you have so many decisions to make. It ranges from what inputs to use, when, at what rates, to what crops are the most profitable on different fields, to the logistics of how you'll plant, spray, harvest, till (or not) your fields. Not to mention the management of grain handling and storage and any employees you utilize. You're looking to build the most profitable business you can that is sustainable year over year.   [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/the-importance-of-yield-efficiency-group-data-and-benchmarking) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/the-importance-of-yield-efficiency-group-data-and-benchmarking#comments-listing) Topics: [yield analysis](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-analysis), [group data](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/group-data), [benchmarking](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/benchmarking), [data driven decisions](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/data-driven-decisions), [yield efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency), [farm data](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-data) ## [Fall Tillage Practices and Cover Crops](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/fall-tillage-and-cover-crops) Posted by [Josh Sponheim](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/josh-sponheim) on 12/2/21 9:30 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/No%20till-jpg.jpeg)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/fall-tillage-and-cover-crops) In my area of Iowa, primarily in Mitchell County, the adoption of strip-till has been huge. There were three or four people that started in the early 2000s, along with my dad, that were pretty vocal about what they were seeing and what kind of benefits they were getting from reducing tillage and going to a strip-till pass. I would love everybody to switch to strip-till and then to no-till down the road, but I understand not everyone is in that mindset. Many growers want to keep doing things the way they have always done things. That’s not always bad, but from a long-term farming standpoint, I believe there are benefits to doing things differently when it comes to soil health and keeping soil around for the next generation of farmers. It's a mindset change, and it has to be the grower’s decision.  [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/fall-tillage-and-cover-crops) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/fall-tillage-and-cover-crops#comments-listing) Topics: [soil health](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/soil-health), [yield efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency), [carbon credits](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/carbon-credits), [carbon sequestration](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/carbon-sequestration), [cover crops](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/cover-crops), [no-till](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/no-till), [strip-till](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/strip-till) ## [Two Reasons Your Data Will Lead to Greater Profitability](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/two-reasons-your-data-will-lead-to-greater-profitability) Posted by [Dan Frieberg](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/dan-frieberg) on 9/30/21 9:15 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/PCS_blog_fielduniqueness_fieldvariability.png)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/two-reasons-your-data-will-lead-to-greater-profitability) Foundations of agronomy and geography are the starting place for data-driven decisions. I believe data driven decisions will power change in every aspect of crop production. Your data can be a valuable business asset that leads to [greater profitability](https://info.premiercrop.com/farm-profitability). Here are two reasons your data will lead to greater profitability: 1. Uniqueness 2. Yield limitations [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/two-reasons-your-data-will-lead-to-greater-profitability) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/two-reasons-your-data-will-lead-to-greater-profitability#comments-listing) Topics: [yield analysis](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-analysis), [variable rate](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/variable-rate), [yield efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency) ## [Response to Fungicide: It Varies](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/response-to-fungicide-it-varies) Posted by [Brenton Rossman](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/brenton-rossman) on 7/22/21 8:15 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/fungicide_ELB.png)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/response-to-fungicide-it-varies) You don’t have to look very hard to find chemical manufacturers’ advertisements claiming a significant positive yield response (15, 20, 25+ bu./ac) to using one of their fungicide products. There are many effective products on the market that provide good control and protection against fungal pathogens, but advertisement claims based on ‘average trial data’ aren’t guarantees for your fields. Three critical components (a host, favorable environment, and pathogen) must come together at the same time for a plant disease to thrive. These three components are commonly referred to as the Plant Disease Triangle. Management or alteration of just one of these components prevents or reduces disease severity.   [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/response-to-fungicide-it-varies) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/response-to-fungicide-it-varies#comments-listing) Topics: [Enhanced learning blocks](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/enhanced-learning-blocks), [Ag technology](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/ag-technology), [learning blocks](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/learning-blocks), [data driven decisions](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/data-driven-decisions), [yield efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency), [farm analytics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-analytics), [Farm Plan](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-plan) ## [Understand Your Field Profitability](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/understand-your-field-profitability) Posted by [Sarah Windhorst](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/sarah-windhorst) on 5/27/21 9:30 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/Field%20Profitability%20Blog-01.png)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/understand-your-field-profitability) Now is always a good time to start managing your farm decisions at a finer scale.  If someone were to ask you if you know your cost of production, you’d likely have an idea.  But, when I say it’s time to manage at a ‘finer scale,’ the question that precedes it is, “Do you know how much it costs you to raise a bushel of grain in each unique part of your field—that is—as your productivity changes across the field?” [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/understand-your-field-profitability) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/understand-your-field-profitability#comments-listing) Topics: [cost per bushel](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/cost-per-bushel), [yield efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency), [farm analytics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-analytics), [Farm Plan](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-plan) ## [Get Started Using Your Farm Data](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/get-started-with-farm-data) Posted by [Katie Decker](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/katie-decker) on 5/20/21 9:15 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/VeIG7l0iuTLAUcNKwlvoS7zPrKrlFHkkZixsbQSSwo1FzcW8udx3wSctwPuelyISB-3KJDKHyr9BMyVRlSgr6GpRl_aVHm4Mloz9UX_z5XZwwspXqzKJvYqBQM6fpPzARAz-n5FC)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/get-started-with-farm-data) At Premier Crop, we say that [agronomy is local](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/big-data-with-local-context). Farmers say it too, though, because we have such a vast amount of data within our system. [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/get-started-with-farm-data) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/get-started-with-farm-data#comments-listing) Topics: [data analytics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/data-analytics), [Precision ag](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/precision-ag), [data driven decisions](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/data-driven-decisions), [yield efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency), [farm analytics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-analytics), [nutrient removals](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/nutrient-removals) ## [How Yield Efficiency Can Impact Your Operation](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/how-yield-efficiency-can-impact-your-operation) Posted by [Dan Frieberg](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/dan-frieberg) on 5/6/21 10:15 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/Yield%20Efficiency%20Blog%20Image-01.png)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/how-yield-efficiency-can-impact-your-operation) *"It's just putting data to work for you. You can drill down on which fields, and which parts of fields are most profitable, and which aren't. I think the more you help growers know their costs, the better managers they are." - Dan Frieberg* [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/how-yield-efficiency-can-impact-your-operation) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/how-yield-efficiency-can-impact-your-operation#comments-listing) Topics: [Farm technology](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-technology), [Precision ag](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/precision-ag), [crop protection](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/crop-protection), [variable rate](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/variable-rate), [data driven decisions](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/data-driven-decisions), [yield efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency), [economics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/economics), [Farm Plan](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-plan), [nutrient removals](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/nutrient-removals), [nitrogen](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/nitrogen) ## [Six Frustrations with Precision ag](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/six-frustrations-with-precision-ag) Posted by [Katie McWhirter](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/katie-mcwhirter) on 4/8/21 9:24 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![data overwhelm](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/premiercropyielddata_farmer.jpg)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/six-frustrations-with-precision-ag) *"Growers tell me they are frustrated with precision ag, they've invested in the technology. I tell them, 'You just want to put the pieces of the puzzle together to see exactly what the picture is.’ And they are relieved when Premier Crop can help."* *- Katie McWhirter, Director of Training and Development* [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/six-frustrations-with-precision-ag) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/six-frustrations-with-precision-ag#comments-listing) Topics: [Farm technology](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-technology), [data analytics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/data-analytics), [Precision ag](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/precision-ag), [Ag technology](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/ag-technology), [yield analysis](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-analysis), [variable rate](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/variable-rate), [yield efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency), [data visualization](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/data-visualization), [farm analytics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-analytics), [Big Data](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/big-data), [Farm Plan](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-plan), [nutrient removals](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/nutrient-removals) ## [Managing Profitability with Ag View Solutions](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/managing-profitability) Posted by [Dan Frieberg](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/dan-frieberg) on 3/25/21 11:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/iStock-519871456-1.jpg)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/managing-profitability) ***"We're all about tying the economics to the agronomics, which just means when we're adjusting nutrient rates and plant seeding rates and decisions about what we spend in different parts of the field, we're tying that out at the end of the year.****"** **- Dan Frieberg*** [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/managing-profitability) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/managing-profitability#comments-listing) Topics: [Farming](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farming), [data analytics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/data-analytics), [Ag technology](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/ag-technology), [cost per bushel](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/cost-per-bushel), [yield efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency), [economics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/economics), [Big Data](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/big-data), [farm data](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-data) ## [Yield Efficiency at a Year-End Grower Meeting with SciMax Solutions](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/focusing-on-a-yield-efficiency-score-at-a-year-end-grower-meeting-with-scimax-solutions) Posted by [Brenton Rossman](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/brenton-rossman) on 3/4/21 10:17 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/DSC_2089.jpg)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/focusing-on-a-yield-efficiency-score-at-a-year-end-grower-meeting-with-scimax-solutions) ***"I think people are really good looking at a 10,000-foot view, but when you dive deeper into the economics and profitability, that's where the rubber meets the road." - Landon Aldinger, Farmer, Iowa Falls, IA*** [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/focusing-on-a-yield-efficiency-score-at-a-year-end-grower-meeting-with-scimax-solutions) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/focusing-on-a-yield-efficiency-score-at-a-year-end-grower-meeting-with-scimax-solutions#comments-listing) Topics: [Farm technology](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-technology), [Precision ag](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/precision-ag), [Ag technology](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/ag-technology), [crop protection](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/crop-protection), [management zones](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/management-zones), [group data](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/group-data), [benchmarking](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/benchmarking), [yield efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency), [economics](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/economics), [Big Data](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/big-data), [farm data](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/farm-data) [All posts](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/all) [Next](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency/page/2) #### About Premier Crop Systems, based out of Des Moines, IA, started in 1999 to deliver better agronomic decisions through data analysis that lead to higher yields, increased profits and more sustainable practices for customers.  ### Subscribe ### Recent Posts This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - 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