Yield Potentials of Soil Management Groups List of visuals associated with this text. The potential of a soil to produce good crop yields depends on its properties and how they are managed. These yields are based on field experiences with average management and climatic conditions for the various soil management groups. Yield potential on individual fields can vary substantially from these averages, depending on management. Use these as guides when there is not sufficient experience to establish a reasonable yield goal.
Past experience is a good tool to use in setting the yield goal for a given field.
A good guide for determining a reasonable yield goal is to average the three highest yields from the past 5 years. Visuals associated with this text. This information is for educational purposes only. References to commercial products or trade names does not imply endorsement by MSU Extension or bias against those not mentioned. This information becomes public property upon publication and may be printed verbatim with credit to MSU Extension.