60 foot I&J Roller Crimper & Planting Soybeans!

[@LtColDaddy71]

The issue Ive had with drilled beans is I don’t get any more crop, and get enough weeds that I can’t row mow. Then a bunch of weed goes to seed and it builds year after year. I just bit the bullet and gave the covers more time, stayed on custom work.

[@farmingwithcarp8551]

The covers that we have stayed off and haven’t planted yet look great. They have a made a real comeback here in the month of may. It’s hard to be patient but it works.

[@ryecarlson7867]

I've had luck putting manure on rye in the fall. Course I don't have the acres you do...

[@farmingwithcarp8551]

Fall applied seems to be the way to go.

[@juniorpfanstiel9072]

Notice any difference in rye varieties that are doing better this spring then others?

[@farmingwithcarp8551]

All of our rye is Elbon. Not sure what some of the neighbors are, but in this area they all seem about the same. Slow growing. But the heat this month has really helped with the growth

[@microsoilenhancersinspirey5750]

We just planted something you guys should try in those thin covers... We planted 252,000 soybeans with 12,000 population corn and 1.5 pounds of buckwheat in 7.5 inches We will harvest them with a Draper head and separate with a farm king. The beans are a 2.8 and the corn is an 86 day open pollinated We are thinking that we can get ahead of any weeds with 3 different family groups like that planted in fairly high populations that should cause faster growth...but we shall see...we are planting about 250 acres of that and about 150 acres of sunflowers for the corn in combination with soybeans and buckwheat...

[@farmingwithcarp8551]

Please keep me updated on this. I would like to see how it turns out.

[@microsoilenhancersinspirey5750]

I will... I made my first video of it this afternoon coming out of the ground... Pretty cool sight...

[@speedwayjesus2660]

@@microsoilenhancersinspirey5750 would also love to see how things are coming!

[@microsoilenhancersinspirey5750]

@@speedwayjesus2660 give me an email I’ll send you some videos...

[@stephanrush3592]

I saw a slide where Rick said not to drill wheat behind soybeans that had rye roll crimped. Why not?

[@farmingwithcarp8551]

Because there will be volunteer rye and you could get rejected at the elevator.

[@bencheaney3925]

What’s your normal population with good rye growth? I keep lowering the population on our conventional tillage ground, I’m down to about 120K. This is my first year trying some rye before soybeans, excellent stand and most is 6’ tall. I kept the population the same as our conventional ground…hope it don’t backfire on me.

[@farmingwithcarp8551]

Our normal pops for planted soybeans are about 140-160k. If you are using chemicals and end up with 100k stand you should be just fine.