All About Soya Beans/How We Plan & Prepared for this Year's Crop: Soya Bean Farming Basics: Part 1

Soya bean is described as "the most economically important bean in the world".
This is Part 1 of our series of videos about our soya beans crop for the 2022/23 season.
We start off with an introduction to this amazing crop and how it forms the backbone of global food supply. We describe why farmers like ourselves choose to grow soya beans for its financial returns as well as its soil building properties as a legume.
Finally, the video shares how we planned the expansion of the number and size of fields allocated to soya beans this season, then how we cleared the land and prepared the fields.

[@FYSWEEKLY247]

This is Literally my favorite channel. I intend to do soya for the first time this year so I will be watching these videos religiously.🙏🏽

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks and all the best nest season

[@morenarapitse446]

This is exactly my plan😂.

[@guidinglightorphansinc.5255]

Me too. I am going to plant Soy next season. Thank you for sharing

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

"We've all this land and no idea what to do with it - let's grow cabbage!" That's honestly the best farm origin story I've ever heard.

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks

[@KwamehKG]

Beautiful...i like the detailed planning....and the Serenity prayer? I know you are busy so let me just remind you the wording: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks George. That prayer has got me through some tough time in business over the past 30 years.

[@danielteklit7705]

What a great man, a great investor, a great farmer, a great african you are. I recently found you on KZbin. I got motivation. I hope to be like you one day. You are a good idol for many of us.

[@mondofarms4343]

Wow, thanks

[@leanneboudreau2553]

This is wonderful. So much love and appreciation from Canada. 🇨🇦😊 thank you!

[@mondofarms4343]

Thank you so much!

[@KasureKwerengwe]

Quite comprehensive and informative. Keep up the hard and good work.

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks. We will.

[@blacklion1579]

I will visit his farm soon. Very impressive farm. Well done, brother !

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks Mr Lion

[@theodoliangina1628]

Much love from Kenya, zikomo for your teachings

[@mondofarms4343]

You're most welcome ☺️

[@charitypolela5633]

Great videos, great presentation. Am learning. Inspired to do more and more in my farming. Thank you for all the effort you put in to compile and share these videos.

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks and you're most welcome

[@jasonthatcher7769]

I am constantly impressed by your knowledge and you are very camera savvy and completely relaxed, enjoyable to watch, and I learn sooo much. Keep it up, and thank you.

[@mondofarms4343]

Thank you, Jason.

[@kelvinpius-ne9rz]

keep it up. .....

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks. We will.

[@acksonshadrack8616]

Much love from Norway.

[@mondofarms4343]

Greetings!!

[@drew9840]

Great job fam

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks

[@user-dn7ok1ht2b]

Thank you sir Mbijana mbijana😂😂

[@mondofarms4343]

Most welcome

[@etidoetuk3302]

How do you weed such vast area of farm? Is labour affordable? Or do you use herbicides , weed killers?

[@mondofarms4343]

We discussed crop protection later in the series Pls check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5PVYWVrltZ0hqM

[@clarencejefferyshoyer]

Im from South Africa, but live in South America

[@mondofarms4343]

Yebbo

[@emreduygun]

good how fun

[@alasdairm86]

Practise makes perfect. Wise to start small with a crop. This get rich quick with one crop in one year by other videos just discourages people.

[@mondofarms4343]

🙌🏾

[@olemainoya3186]

Can make a video on cucumber haversting...we were wating to hear the results. ur methodes are very impressive

[@mondofarms4343]

Hi Ole. Yes, we are working on something to conclude the cucumber series. Things just got very busy with the day job during Nov-Jan. Spoiler alert: The cucumber 2022 story didn't end well!! But the story shall be shared in full over the next couple of months.

[@qadarhusseinali293]

​@@mondofarms4343 I need soya bean?

[@fermekulisha]

Great content brother , thanks for sharing

[@mondofarms4343]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lionelmazura3784]

hi ,what variety of groundnut did you grow and whats the price per tonne in Zambia🚜

[@mondofarms4343]

Hi Lionel, Thanks for your question. Honestly, we planted groundnuts as shown in the video back in 2021, and we haven't touched them since. I can't remember the variety and I would have to go look in our records. Sorry, things are hectic for me with now operating two busy farms and other pressures in my day job. I hope you will be able to freeze the video when I show the crop poster and see what you make out. That being said, I have no idea what the groundnut prices are like. But I'm sure you can do some googling or contacting those who are closer to the product to find out.

[@nyamahembasarya9858]

How can I come to your place i want to learn deeply

[@nyamahembasarya9858]

I'm from Tanzania

[@mondofarms4343]

Greetings

[@mondofarms4343]

Hi there. As our farms are full-time businesses, we restrict the number and frequency of visitors. It has been found to be a challenge for us to meet our work targets and deliverables. We produce these videos to open and share our experience and guidance with a wide audience. We also started to hold Farmers Field Days last year and are working on a couple later this year. These will be publicized our social media closer to the time. For now, that is all we can offer.

[@clarencejefferyshoyer]

Do you rely for rain.

[@mondofarms4343]

Yes, here soya beans is normally grown in the summer rain season from Nov/Dec - Mar/Apr. It needs the heat units to do well.

[@jobmulenga3070]

How many bags of Soya Beans did you harvest from your 2.3hectares you planted the other season?

[@mondofarms4343]

Hi Ba Mulenga. We don't share such numbers about our finances on an open social media platform. After all, we are a business. The aim of our channel is to share the journey and help other farmers. All the best!

[@edfrenkampala7342]

🫢😳

[@whisperingmessengers1435]

Do you get uninvited baboons and monkeys at your farm?

[@mondofarms4343]

I remember having a few monkeys back in 2020, but they have since moved down the Chongwe River valley further into less inhabited areas. If you look up the location of Winterthorn on Google Maps, you will note that it is located on the Chongwe River a few Kms downstream of Chongwe Town. You will also note that the Chongwe flows south east from us and down towards the Zambezi. The confluence of the two rivers is located in the Lower Zambezi National Park, where the animals are protected and much safer. Sadly, our growing population and urbanization keep displacing wildlife. Human-animal conflict is a major thing.

[@boamahmarcus4002]

Bet you crying now about the price k6 per kg 😂

[@mondofarms4343]

Yes, indeed, the current price is much less than one would hope for. We invested a lot into our soya beans crop this season. Fortunately, our larger yield gives us a better chance. We are also going to keep some of the harvest as seed for next season rather than sell it at these prices, and then have to buy seed again at the supplier prices. But that is farming. It is never easy.