Soy bids in rrv were as high as 11.70 off the combine last week. Soy inputs : $70 to 100 per acre for seed with treatment, and call it 10 bucks an acre inoculant, and then two in crop passes of roundup at .6L per acre. No fertilizer applied. Soy dont respond well to phos a time of seeding. Generally farmers here have boosted phosphate in the previous crops so that there is still some left over.
Seeding them is just like wheat, use an airseeder, or drill, or to cut down on seed cost, use a corn planter on 15 or 22 inch rows, some guys plant on 30" and claim no yield difference vs narrow rows.
Harvesting soys are a dream, simple flexheader with airreel is all you need. And no worries about weathering or shelling out. The guys who experimented with peas here this year, were unfortunately reminded why we quit growing them here 25 years ago.... drowned out, diseased, and matted to the ground. Soybeans just sucked up all that moisture and podded very well.
In the 15+ years of growing soys, ive never used fungicide, and only sprayed borders for hoppers and spider mites once. Canola gets the works every year.
Seeding them is just like wheat, use an airseeder, or drill, or to cut down on seed cost, use a corn planter on 15 or 22 inch rows, some guys plant on 30" and claim no yield difference vs narrow rows.
Harvesting soys are a dream, simple flexheader with airreel is all you need. And no worries about weathering or shelling out. The guys who experimented with peas here this year, were unfortunately reminded why we quit growing them here 25 years ago.... drowned out, diseased, and matted to the ground. Soybeans just sucked up all that moisture and podded very well.
In the 15+ years of growing soys, ive never used fungicide, and only sprayed borders for hoppers and spider mites once. Canola gets the works every year.
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