We dont grow soys here in west Co.No markets.How long a season do they need?Do they tolerate an alkaline soil?How much water do they need?Fellow here has a small 'natural' nongmo feed mill.He wants me to grow him some soys.He says he will buy all I can grow.He will pay a premium for local.Dont know a thing about soybeans...I need some info/feedback....Thanks,Steve
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john in la
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Can not answer your question but this could get interesting especially if the guys get into how soil ph can effect scn and bsr in beans.
todd hamilton
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water + dirt = yield
Roger in Iowa
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Can plant with planter or drill 15" to 20" spacing, combine with grain header will work, especially if flat land, beans make their own Nitrogen, different growing season lengths available, Round Ready available to control weeds.
Can you try a small test plot or just go for it?
Can you try a small test plot or just go for it?
Be interesting to hear the responses, I've never seen soybeans grown in this area, 40 miles south, in flat, cleaner soil yes, but never here, well until this year. Large operator who does mostly corn, had a lot of corn wiped out with the June rains, I see fields of beans all over the place this season. They don't look to bad, just starting to yellow, not sure how the yield will be. One thing I wondered is how low does the grain head have to cut? We have lots of round rocks here, it would appear that one had best get any of those off the top of any size, I've done it by hand for oats so the farmer would not have to worry about it at harvest time, which he was really happy about, when he saw my work after running the cultipacker, more straw yield too, cutting closer without worry, the amount of rocks I picked off by hand would have filled a triaxle when I looked at my piles after, took 25 lbs off me too LOL !
Maybe there's a reason no one grows soybeans around your area. Anyway, you are getting started at just the right time. You have plenty of time to learn before planting time. I recommend the following:
1. Join the ASA (American Soybean Association. Check out any promotions along with joining. I get 5 free bags of soybean seed and 100 acres of cell-tech seed treatment and some other stuff every time I sign up.
2. Try to attend a soybean association conference somewhere. They're usually in the winter and a great place to meet growers and attend seminars.
3. Read and study and ask as many questions as you can. A good primer is "Growing Great Soybeans" by Dr Harold Willis. Available (printable) on the internet.
4. Contact some local seed dealers to see if they have soybean seed and if they don't, why not?
I have a corn/soybean rotation going but it would be better to have a corn/soybean/alfalfa rotation. I do love soybeans, though. They seem to have their own little brains vs corn which is as dumb a plant as can be found.
1. Join the ASA (American Soybean Association. Check out any promotions along with joining. I get 5 free bags of soybean seed and 100 acres of cell-tech seed treatment and some other stuff every time I sign up.
2. Try to attend a soybean association conference somewhere. They're usually in the winter and a great place to meet growers and attend seminars.
3. Read and study and ask as many questions as you can. A good primer is "Growing Great Soybeans" by Dr Harold Willis. Available (printable) on the internet.
4. Contact some local seed dealers to see if they have soybean seed and if they don't, why not?
I have a corn/soybean rotation going but it would be better to have a corn/soybean/alfalfa rotation. I do love soybeans, though. They seem to have their own little brains vs corn which is as dumb a plant as can be found.
We grow a good amount of beans around here. Some are full season beans planted just after corn, and some short season beans planted after barley and wheat. The full season beans will yield in the 50-70 bu range, and the shorts in 15 to 40 depending on the weather. They will hold off on podding until they get rain and are pretty tolerant of dry weather. Some folks drill them here with a grain drill, while others plant them with a corn planter with bean cups in 15 or 30" rows. Most guys have AHHC and use a flex head to combine them. Late date for planting here is about July 15th, and that may vary for where you are. They are losing their leaves now and harvest will start in the next few weeks, but I've seen them being combined while it was starting to snow in November. The population is usually somewhere around 180,000 ppa, but seed amounts may vary per bushel because of seed size used, +/- 2 bu per acre. Good luck, Steve. They don't cost as much as corn and can pay more if they yield good, and are great in a corn-bean rotation.
Fergienewbee
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I'm thinking of trying some RR beans in my food plot next year just for the nitrogen and to get a handle on the weeds. I usually plant cowpeas in a rotation with corn because they stand up to browsing better that soys, are more tolerant of low fertility and drought. I planted some in the garden on 6-8 inch rows to pacify the rabbits. The beans reached, including the vining, about 4-5 feet tall. I'll be interested in this thread.
Larry
Larry
How do garden beans grow and produce at your location? If garden varietys grow and produce beans well,soybeans should yield well also.
As you are now growing corn, soys have a similar growing season to corn. As for harvesting, if you now have a grain platform for your combine it will work, just not as well as a floating head as you are cutting as close to the ground as possible to avoid sickle bar shatter.
Your local Extension agent for Agriculture may be able to provide information for you. As how to plant, I use my 30 inch row corn planter with bean cups and seem to do as well yield wise as my neighbors with 15 inch row drills. If conditions are good for germination I set my planter for 120000 bens per acre. Seed beans are sold here with 140000 beans per unit, not by the bushel. Good luck, Joe
As you are now growing corn, soys have a similar growing season to corn. As for harvesting, if you now have a grain platform for your combine it will work, just not as well as a floating head as you are cutting as close to the ground as possible to avoid sickle bar shatter.
Your local Extension agent for Agriculture may be able to provide information for you. As how to plant, I use my 30 inch row corn planter with bean cups and seem to do as well yield wise as my neighbors with 15 inch row drills. If conditions are good for germination I set my planter for 120000 bens per acre. Seed beans are sold here with 140000 beans per unit, not by the bushel. Good luck, Joe
Haven't farmed for several years so not up on varities. I do know there are some that are better than others for what he wants as some are more of an oil bean only and not good for eating. Japan wants only certain varities as their beans that they buy only go for human food. Check into what they want and go from there. And those varieties would all be non gmo beans.
todd hamilton
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Good one 
Anonymous-0
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that's my check off money that's stolen from me that pays for your "freebies", it's time it stopped, I won't give a dime to the corn growers ar the asa, too many getting a living for doing nothing and too much free steak and whiskey, as for a protein source what about lupines? they don't need to be processed
showcrop
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Don't you just love picking rocks by hand? I go out with my tractor in low gear and just walk along in front tossing them into the bucket. As you say it's a great way to lose weight. I criss cross until I can't see any more, then after it rains I can go out and I have a whole new crop. What are your rocks going for out your way? I have a friend in Ghent that grows beans. Is that 40 miles south of you?
LOL, nothing else like it ! Actually I didn't mind at the time, just a lot of stopping with the tractor, some fields or areas of fields more than not, over time it does see, more come back, after tillage, what looks like a nice seed bed will be a potato field once it rains. I know people buy field stone and rocks, but these are still along the edges of the fields in the hedgerows. I believe Ghent is south of here by about that much, I'm just outside of Troy.
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