Systems and methods for use in identifying a set of candidate seeds for a target field based on a prediction model are provided. One example method includes accessing, by a computing device, data from a data server, the data including data representative of seeds harvested from at least one of a research growing space, a development growing space, and a field growing space; generating a yield delta prediction model, based on at least a portion of the accessed data; for each of a plurality of candidate seeds, automatically generating a probability of a yield delta for the candidate seed, relative to a target seed, exceeding a performance threshold, based on the generated model; identifying, by the computing device, a set of the candidate seeds, based on the probability of the respective candidate seed satisfying a defined threshold; and outputting, by the computing device, the identified set of seeds to a user.