How many years in a row can soybeans be planted in same spot

willy

Active Member
How many years in a row can soybeans be planted in the same plot? If anyone has experience with this please share your results and program to make it happen.

Thank you.
 

dogdoc

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This question was asked at one of Dr. Grant Woods field day to the Eagle bean rep. He said you can plant every year without a break with no problems. I have a plot that I have planted for a straight 7 years and I have had no disease problems. Will be planting same spot again next year.
 

MarkDarvin

Well-Known Member
Wouldn't you be burning up your organic matter and mining out certain nutrients by planting the same crop every year?
 

willy

Active Member
Here is some info I found yesterday (in between food comas) about year after year beans. It is even about a farmer who is about 125 mile from me. I am going to go to year round beans. From what I have witnessed from my corn vs bean usage with rye over-seeded, the beans are utilized later i the season, last into Feb, March and offer more nutritional value than corn. I have a very high deer density and my corn plots hardly make it to and never through December. I have 5 acres of beans in two plots.

I live right at the edge of heavy ag. The Missouri river bluffs are what I border up to with ag almost nonexistent towards the river(about a mile and a half) but ag is king starting at my property, heading west.

http://www.cornandsoybeandigest.com/risky-business-or-good-business

https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/artic...-bottom-line-with-no-till-continuous-soybeans
 
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