Forage soys and if you have a clean plot to start with you don't necessarily need to get the Eagle RR types. There are a few others that would work just as well if your not worried about a few weeds here and there. Tyrone, Laredo, and Derry would be good choices to try. They should be considerably cheaper than Eagle beans due to them not being RR and at least the Tyrone variety may be available at your local coop. If you plant them at the right time, they should be able to canopy fast enough to keep most weeds at bay anyway. We tried them a few times at the old place with fair luck, they germinated and grew great but on a secluded 1/3 acre plot in a non-ag area, even the forage beans didn't hold up to the browse pressure for us. They would last 2 to 3 weeks longer than ag beans before they were browsed to death, but they were browsed to death nonetheless.
I've worked damn hard to convince myself of my own version of reality, and I ain't gonna let anyone talk me out of it come hell or high water. :D
Yeah, I've got cowpeas going right now in a super blend. I moved a bunch of dirt in my foods plot this summer, so I planted everything to it, not knowing what was going to do well, and what wasn't. I've got cowpeas in at 2 bu/ac. They're mixed with spring wheat, jap millet, WGF, and a ton of other stuff. I was able to get them up despite being part of the dust bowl. I hooked a few key rains in July.
Same here in La. Major part of my summer blend. Prefer them over soy beans though I grow them also in blend
I was amazed mine have made it to the 2nd pair of leaves past the cotyledon.
