JACK ROUNDUP READY SOYBEANS

[Mennoniteman]

Forage soybeans for deer are the bee's knees, and I've been growing Titan brand beans for quite a few years, but in the past several years I'm having trouble finding these in stock. Now this year there were none available locally, and shipping is going to make them unaffordable, but I've found a new brand, "Jack RR Forage Soybeans" for sale at my local seed supplier, King's Agriseeds. I'm not sure if this is a King's branded seed of if these are national, I've not been able ot find a website, but I do have 12 bags in my possession.
So I'm going to give these Jack beans a try and see what the result is like, hopefully I'll have something to report back later.

 

[Mennoniteman]

 

[yoderjac]

Back when I was planting forage beans, I was using Eagle brand. The cost and availability of these was one of the factors that caused me to stop planting them. I ended up switching to a mix of buckwheat and sunn hemp for my spring plant. One of the problems I had was how many acres I needed to plant before the beans would canopy. I think timing was an issue as well. If I planted enough and caught the timing just right (and the weather cooperated) there was a window where the beans could establish while does were fawning in heavy cover. Once fawns hit the ground, the beans were hammered by does and fawns. Because buckwheat likes warm soil and comes up so fast, It tolerates browsing much better. It also helps hide the sunn hemp until it can handle the browse pressure. Sunn hemp has similar nutritional value to soybeans. Deer use these plots daily, but they don't wipe them out even with smaller plots.

Let us know how the price is on these. If the cost is reasonable, I may try forage beans again at my retirement property which has lower deer densities than the farm.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Back when I was planting forage beans, I was using Eagle brand. The cost and availability of these was one of the factors that caused me to stop planting them. I ended up switching to a mix of buckwheat and sunn hemp for my spring plant. One of the problems I had was how many acres I needed to plant before the beans would canopy. I think timing was an issue as well. If I planted enough and caught the timing just right (and the weather cooperated) there was a window where the beans could establish while does were fawning in heavy cover. Once fawns hit the ground, the beans were hammered by does and fawns. Because buckwheat likes warm soil and comes up so fast, It tolerates browsing much better. It also helps hide the sunn hemp until it can handle the browse pressure. Sunn hemp has similar nutritional value to soybeans. Deer use these plots daily, but they don't wipe them out even with smaller plots.

Let us know how the price is on these. If the cost is reasonable, I may try forage beans again at my retirement property which has lower deer densities than the farm.

I paid $71.00 a bag, seed rate is one bag per acre if drilled, 1.5 if conditions aren't ideal, 2 bags per acre if broadcast or drilled in smaller plots in high deer density areas.

 

[yoderjac]

I paid $71.00 a bag, seed rate is one bag per acre if drilled, 1.5 if conditions aren't ideal, 2 bags per acre if broadcast or drilled in smaller plots in high deer density areas.

Thanks!

 

[buckdeer1]

I have to use enlist ready beans in the fight with marestail and pigweed.I may have see if there are any forage SB around.I have some long term seed 4/6. But my ag fields close to my plots just rowed out so I will wait another week or two and maybe my plot will make it this year.It was grazed to the ground and never got taller than 3-4 inches when I had milo close by.