So I was talking to a buddy yesterday who told me
there is an outfit in Medicine Hat contracting
soybeans and offering some pricing options around
that $14 mark. He's going to plant a pile of acres.
Also there was a retired agrologist there who said
they looked at soybeans back in the late 60's and
early 70's as a new crop alternative for the prairies.
Those varieties back then didn't do well but that
today they are viable. He said what they learned was
that soybeans were quite heat and drought tolerant
and that it wasn't moisture and heat units that
made soybeans thrive, but rather the right amounts
of sunshine and darkness and that our long days
and short nights hurt production. Also, my buddy
told me he is working with an advisor from the
company in the Hat whose instructions were "seed
them last and harvest them last". Anybody verify
this? I'm curious because my renters asked me if I
had a problem with them trying beans. Since I get
cash rent I told them to go nuts and hopefully it
works out big time.
there is an outfit in Medicine Hat contracting
soybeans and offering some pricing options around
that $14 mark. He's going to plant a pile of acres.
Also there was a retired agrologist there who said
they looked at soybeans back in the late 60's and
early 70's as a new crop alternative for the prairies.
Those varieties back then didn't do well but that
today they are viable. He said what they learned was
that soybeans were quite heat and drought tolerant
and that it wasn't moisture and heat units that
made soybeans thrive, but rather the right amounts
of sunshine and darkness and that our long days
and short nights hurt production. Also, my buddy
told me he is working with an advisor from the
company in the Hat whose instructions were "seed
them last and harvest them last". Anybody verify
this? I'm curious because my renters asked me if I
had a problem with them trying beans. Since I get
cash rent I told them to go nuts and hopefully it
works out big time.