Anyone need any Roundup Ready soybeans?

[BuckSutherland]

A friend of mine has a couple dozen bags of last years seed.

$25 a bag
I know, not the cheapest with a few of the angles with MDHA and other sources, but if you run into a situation where you would like some, let me know.

I live in Big Lake and can get it to my place.

Just curious what maturity the beans are. If some guy by Big Lake has them chances are it's a later maturing bean than most guys up north will want to plant. If I were up north of St. Cloud I wouldnt want to go much past a group 1.2 bean. North of Brainard I wouldnt want to be past a .6. And those are if you can get them in early. If the bean has a later maturity than your area can handle chances are it wont produce grain before it freezes and all you will have is empty pods.

Also, as far as amount of grain produced a Round up Ready 2 bean will greatly outproduce a RR1 bean. And the key with beans is to not seed them too thick. A huge mistake often made in bean production. A final stand of 70k plants per acre will give you maximum yield. I would think in a food plot situation where most of you probably just broadcast seed you will want a tall bean (so it sticks out of winter snow) and avoid bushy beans. If you get too much foliage you run a huge risk of white mold which will leave you with nothing.

Here is what Wensman sells. These are some of the most fantastic beans on the planet and might help you decide what's best for you:

http://www.wensmanseed.com/soybeans

 

[BuckSutherland]

Also, with old beans you will probably be looking at about 80-90% germination if they are one year old. Worse than that if they are older. Most likely come in a 140k seed bag. I would want to plant that across about one acre or less depending on your emergence rate.

 

[biglakeba$$]

All valid points Buck.
But for the average foodplotter(myself included), none of that has ever even been in consideration for me. I have planted corn and beans I got from a central Iowa co-op and I got plants to grow with food for the animals.

The last thing I am going to do is turn down cheap/reasonable seed because the maturity isnt ideal for my area. Maybe I have been real lucky over the years, but I have never once bought corn or beans from a farm co-op. Most everything I have ever planted is also not current year seed. I take whatever I can get my hands on.

I can call the guy to find out if he has that info if anyone is concerned. If nobody cares, I will just let it go. :)

 

[wklman]

Not worried and thankful I'm getting them.

 

[BuckSutherland]

Just something to think about. I am straight west of Minneapolis and usually plant Group 2.0-2.4 beans. I couldnt see them setting much of a pod, if any, on my land in Cass county before the frost got them. A brand new fresh bag of the most expensive beans (Asgrow) would be about $52 out the door and probably have 95% germ. You can get some other really good hearty beans (nk) for under $45 out the door.


Maybe I should plant a couple acres of beans and then I can sell them to you guys for $25 a bushel, but you can only use them to feed the deer and you CAN NOT use them for food plot seed. WINK WINK. That's a big no no from mothership Monsatan.

 

[leexrayshady]

Thanks again for the Soybeans Biglake, I loved the Red color they came in very nice to see where you missed while I was broadcasting. Had a awesome slow rain last night cant wait to see them come up. Or get demolished by the deer.

 

[biglakeba$$]

I sprayed all mine last weekend. Looking good. About 2-3 inches tall. now its time to let em grow.
That rain yesterday was great. So far so good this year. loving the water.

 

[sandbur]

View attachment 5561 Thanks again for the Soybeans Biglake, I loved the Red color they came in very nice to see where you missed while I was broadcasting. Had a awesome slow rain last night cant wait to see them come up. Or get demolished by the deer.

Lee- that island of trees looks interesting. I could imagine a couple of bucks leaving that island to eat your beans.

 

[leexrayshady]

Yeah I wish it was mine art but it's on the neighbors and right next to the road, and pretty open you can see through it