Planting soybeans in Southern Minnesota (PICS)

bradk · Jun 30, 2010

FINALLY had some time to post some pics of spring planting. Between farming, my repair shop and the hay we put up,I barely have enough time to take a ................well you know what I mean(wink)

Sooooooo,as usual,a 1755 Oliver diesel coupled to a JD 7000 8 row planter in corn/soybean rotation.Immediately following,for the first time, we land-rolled all bean ground.TOTALLY sold on this concept.

Baling second cutting of alfalfa field,and some grass mixes tomorrow and Friday.Saturday and Sunday they"re callin" for rain, so I"ll be relaxing for "bout 10 minutes or so.

Have a HAPPY 4th everyone!!

MN Scott · Jun 30, 2010

Guys around here with the rollers got to replant beans planted before the 6th of May. Had a wet 10 days then the sun and wind turned the ground to concrete. No-till planters even had trouble penetrating, most had to re till.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 1, 2010

Hi Brad: How common are 30 inch rows for beans? They are probably less than 5% of bean acres anymore. Rollers? Never heard of doing that. J.

paul · Jul 1, 2010

Lot of folk in my part of southern MN have been all over the place on bean spacing, you'll find everything from 30 inch to 7.5 inch. Many of the top big time operators have done it all and are currently back to using twin row planter set up for 30 inch. White mold will show up on drilled beans here for some, so drills are only 50% or less of the ground planted. I went to a 15 inch planter.

Rollers are the hot trend, many are being sold & rented every year.

--->Paul

BillinCentralMO · Jul 1, 2010

We rolled our beans in the 1970's with a little 8 ft. roller behind a to30.

e · Jul 1, 2010

Better get back in the swing of 30" beans again as the diseases move east. We went from 15 to 30 this year. Fewer and fewer drilling. Aside from wheat, drills are getting obsoleted.

bengi · Jul 1, 2010

We find it quite regular for beans in our area to be planted on 40 inch rows with flood irrigatered soybeans planted in 13 1/2 inch rows on 80 inch beds.

JoeBob-IN · Jul 1, 2010

I keep hearing about the rolling thing. What is the point. Push rocks down?

bradk · Jul 1, 2010

Benefits of rolling;

Better seed to soil contact,pushes corn root-balls and rocks down,busts up hard dirt clumps,allows a lower cutting height and easier harvest in the fall.

We didn't get any spring rain to melt the clumps down,so the fall tillage looked like spring tillage.A few dirt clumps or root-balls run through the combine can wreck your day.Rolling almost eliminates that problem.

bradk · Jul 1, 2010

Hi John.

Hardly any beans are drilled around here.30 and 20" rows are king.Too many problems in drilled beans.

Those rollers have been real popular in the Dakotas and are getting pretty popular here.It's one of those implements you won't need every year,but nice to have when you need it.Kinda like a rotary hoe.

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