re: OB farmers, is it time to harvest soy beans?

Yeah, it’s getting close for some down there I’m sure. We’re planting beans earlier than ever. It’s a little risky on the front end because of a possible frost, but it usually pays off. More predictable & higher yields, easier to manage, require less water, and you can dodge a late August early September hurricane due to an early harvest.

Harvest will still run well into October for some group 5’s and later planted beans though.

We use to just let them dry down naturally and then nuke them if they had green stems to make them feed better. Some will still dry down naturally, but spraying a few on the front end will help you kind of stage the harvest.

Gramoxone and Sodium Chlorate are the most popular methods.