Soybean experiences

[mbratrud]

Ok this is the last thread, I just thought I would throw some conversation out there.

We grew Soybeans on our Farm for the first time last year and had fantastic results. We grew mid to low 40's which I think for our area is a success. Our intention with Soybeans as a cropping option was to get our cereal acres down to 25%. This year when I pencil all my cropping options Soybeans lag behind most of my othe cropping options. I am tempted to grow them again to build on our experience but I am wondering what others have found.

One of my biggest questions for more experienced bean growers is how much moisture is used up? On a drier years is there yeild sacrifice on follow crops because of moisture taken by the beans, simular to what we see with Chickpeas?

[Daylate]

we havegrown soybeans last 2 years and they don't dry out the ground at all here. They leave the ground a lot like peas, a little softer than a cereal, more mallow would be the word and last year we completed our cereal free rotation with them. Year 1-Clearfield Canola, Year 2 -RR Soybeans, Year 3- Flax and it was ur best flax crop last year, mainly cause the other fields were dirtier.
With $8 wheat for next year as of right now their not an option for us but when wheats $3 again we will be planting them. ( on canola stubble cause it never makes sense to take canola out of the rotation for any other crop around here.)