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Higher yield is a term used across domains to describe a level of output or return that exceeds a baseline. It can refer to crop production, financial returns, or any measurement of output per unit input over a given period. The concept is relative, often expressed as yield per hectare, yield per hour, or yield to maturity, depending on the field and metric.

In agriculture, high-yield varieties and improved management practices aim to maximize yield per area. Approaches include selective breeding or genetic modification, optimized irrigation and fertilization, pest and disease control, and soil health management. While higher yields can boost food production and farmer income, they often require more inputs and can raise environmental and economic risks if inputs are scarce, expensive, or mismanaged. Yield gains may also lead to trade-offs with biodiversity, water resources, and soil quality if not pursued sustainably.

In finance, high yield typically refers to assets that offer higher income returns, usually accompanied by higher risk. The term is most commonly associated with high-yield bonds, or junk bonds, which offer greater interest payments but carry greater credit risk. Investors use higher yield as a way to increase cash income or total return, balancing it with risk tolerance, credit analysis, and diversification. Other yield concepts in finance include dividend yield and yield to maturity.

In other domains, yield can describe energy output, efficiency, or performance improvements. The term higheryield, without hyphen or space, is nonstandard; standard usage is higher yield or high-yield, depending on the context.