OT - Storing Soybeans In My Apartment

npowell · Nov 30, 2021

Last week, I grabbed a bushel of this year's family soybean harvest straight out of the combine. As you can see in the picture below, I currently have them stored in trash bags inside of cardboard boxes. I understand they tested 14.9% moisture. I plan to keep them for months. Girlfriend intends to use a little bit at a time to make soy milk at home. Do I need to find a way to dry them from 14.9% moisture? If so, can I just put them in the oven at a low temperature? Any other suggestions?

wore out · Nov 30, 2021

Spread 'em out flat on a paper towels or other paper and let 'em air dry 'til they get crunchy as heck!

SVcummins · Nov 30, 2021

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Testing beans

Janicholson · Nov 30, 2021

In a 70 degree house with house humidity they will likely stay about as they are. If the house is dry they might loose 1 or 2%. Google Soybean moisture chart for hundreds of choices about temperature and bean moisture and ambient (house) Jim

used red MN · Dec 1, 2021

I doubt in that quantity you will have any issues with them. Do not close the bag tight and once a week stir them with your hand getting down to the bottom of the container. If you notice they feel hot or are sticking together you will have to dry them by spreading them out are wore out suggested.
Edit to add: After a month or month and a half if nothing suggests that the moisture percentage is a problem you can at that point pay no attention to them they will be fine.

This post was edited by used red MN on 11/30/2021 at 10:13 pm.

Bruce from Can. · Dec 1, 2021

How do you make milk from a soybean unless you feed it to a mammal?
What you have, is a open invitation to rodents. Storing soybeans in a container that a rodent can chew through is like erecting a set of Golden Arches. Soon you will have millions served

Traditional Farmer · Dec 1, 2021

Its not good to store things like that in plastic bags,better to use a basket or something that can let some air in.

caterpillar guy · Dec 1, 2021

I would keep them in something varmints can't get into then as rustred said just stir them with your hand will get them dry. I put about the same moisture beans in a bin with just air and will keep them and will dry them down some so they keep. Will probably load them out before it gets warm in spring.

Aaron SEIA · Dec 1, 2021

Dump them out of the bags into the boxes. Leave the tops loosely open. Assuming you are in an area where its cold, the low humidity from the house should pull a point or two off of them and be just fine.
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centash · Dec 1, 2021

Put them in a jute bag in a cool dark dry place.

Ben

cjunrau · Dec 1, 2021

Put them in a pillow case and hang in the pantry or a dry area in the house.

Centerplate · Dec 1, 2021

Buy her a goat.

Tony in SD · Dec 1, 2021

First thing I would do is get them out of the plastic bags. A gunny sack would be much better so they can breath some of the moisture off.

redforlife · Dec 1, 2021

Get em out of those plastic bags. They need to breath air. The plastic will prevent this, even if left open at the top.
Don't bake in oven, unless you want roasted soybeans when your done.
I would get em used up. You'll be ok for a few months. But, don't try to keep them for an extended long time.
I tried to make a display of grain for in the house one time. 3 or 4 different grains. From what I remember, the corn kind of held up ok, but the other 3 grains didn't. Started to descentagrade, get buggy, and what have. A year or 2 later, I just dumped it all out.

npowell · Dec 1, 2021

Thanks to all for the input; that is very helpful. Don't know why I didn't think to get them in a fabric container, but that definitely needs to happen. Re the goat suggestion, I'll have to check with building management;-)

Cheers,

Neil

teddy52food · Dec 1, 2021

To keep the bugs out, put some bay leaves in with them for long term storage.

BarnyardEngineering · Dec 1, 2021

(quoted from post at 02:31:25 12/01/21) How do you make milk from a soybean unless you feed it to a mammal?

Per wikipedia:
soy milk is a plant-based drink produced by soaking and grinding soybeans, boiling the mixture, and filtering out remaining particulates. It is a stable emulsion of oil, water, and protein.

My comments:
"A stable emulsion of oil (fat), water, and protien." Pretty much exactly what cow milk is.

SVcummins · Dec 1, 2021

Dump it out and buy real milk

730virgil · Dec 1, 2021

Hey Nick was good to see you today thanks for lunch

Usedtobeiowadave · Dec 2, 2021

If you store them in plastic bags their nipples get rubbery and extremely hard to milk.

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