Bruce I do not think the soybeans will canopy fast enough to help much with weed control.
My neighbor across the road is an organic dairy. His main battles are weeds and growing enough protein for his cattle. You can grow the hay forages pretty simply. The corn is much more of a challenge. Wet years kill him on this. If it is dryer he can usually hold the weeds back with cultivation to get a good enough canopy to hold the majority of the weeds out. In a wet year the weeds will just go back to growing if it rains soon after cultivation. He tries to grow organic soybeans so he can have them roasted for his cow ration. Gets more weeds than soybeans.
His calves are gutty looking as they never get much ground feed. All hay. So too much fiber and not enough energy.
I do know a fellow that raises organic sweet corn. Plus other organic produce. I am talking about maybe 15 acres of sweet corn. He plants fall rye. He plants a variety that does not get very tall. In the spring he notills sweet corn directly into the rye. When the corn is 2 inches tall he takes a flail mower and shreds the rye. He has the shredder tires matching his tractor tires. He sets the height just barely above the growing corn. He makes sure the flails are sharp so he gets a good cut and shred. The rye makes a mat that retards any weeds growth like you would have mulched it. He also claims that how rye will hinder other plants from growing does not effect the corn. He usually does not have weeds. I can not say anything about his yields.
Organic dairy will come the closest to working fully organic. You have an escape plan by being able to chop a crop early to control weeds. The hard part is the protein. You can grow loads of fiber (hay and corn silage) but it is hard to get the protein and fiber balanced.
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