| Preceding crops | Years of research | Average | ||
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||
| Subsurface cultivator steam (control) | 0.44 | 1.56 | 0.43 | 0.81 |
| Dump steam | 0.43 | 1.33 | 0.38 | 0.71 |
| Combined steam | 0.39 | 1.61 | 0.31 | 0.77 |
| Legummed fallow | 0.35 | 1.52 | 0.32 | 0.73 |
| Corn | 0.31 | 1.46 | 0.29 | 0.68 |
| Wheat | 0.29 | 1.33 | 0.08 | 0.56 |
| Sty | 0.30 | 1.40 | 0.07 | 0.59 |
| HCP05 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.14 |